Mar 13, 2025 Airports Board

OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 20TH MEETING, WHICH WAS SENT OUT TO YOU.

GOT IT.

SORRY, BRIAN, YOU'RE A LITTLE LATE.

LET'S GET A LITTLE QUICKER HERE AS WE GET INTO THE MEETING AND GET WARMED UP.

UM, SO COULD WE HAVE ANYONE IN, UH, THAT OPPOSES THE APPROVAL? ANYONE? OKAY.

IT PASSES.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL

[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – FEBRUARY 20, 2025]

OKAY, .

UH, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.

I GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND OVER HERE TO THE LEFT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THE APPROVAL MINUTES? ANY CHANGES? ALL, UH, OPPOSE, SAY, AYE, HEARING, NO OPPOSE, UH, THAT PASSES.

NOW WE HAVE OUR FAVORITE TIME OF OUR MEETING, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

[VI. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limit comments to three minutes)]

DO WE HAVE ON ONE TODAY? WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY NICE TO HAVE.

SO PLEASE COME UP.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

TOM REITS COUNTY COUNCIL.

UM, GOOD MORNING.

MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, CONGRATS TO ALL THE REAPPOINTMENTS HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SOME RUMBLINGS THAT THERE'S BEEN CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP ON COUNTY COUNCIL, AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS COUNCIL IS EVEN MORE IN TUNE WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED, LET US KNOW.

MR. REBOLT TAKES THE GOOD TIME TO BE WITH US, UM, AND HE'LL BE THERE MONDAY, UM, FOR OUR MEETINGS.

UH, ONE OF THE OTHER GOOD THINGS I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AT MELINDA TONNER.

AND OUR COOPERATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAS BEEN, WELL, EVEN MORE THAN THAT, STELLAR.

SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED, UH, ON BEHALF OF COUNTY OR TOWN, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL FOR US TOWN OR COUNTY? THANK YOU.

YEP.

MELINDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? SURE.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

I'M MELINDA TUNNER.

I AM HAVE BEEN APPOINTED THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD LIAISON FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT BOARD.

AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I ASKED FOR .

UH, I FELT VERY PASSIONATELY THAT I WANTED, UM, TO BE IN THAT ROLE, UH, AS I REPRESENT WARD SIX.

AND WARD SIX IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE THE AIRPORT IS LOCATED.

AND I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT.

SO I LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO, UH, LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I HAVE ATTENDED A FEW MEETINGS IN THE PAST, UH, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING F UM, MOVING TOGETHER WITH YOU.

UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING THAT GETS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON, DC UH, MAKES ME THINK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS THERE MAY BE TO BEAUFORT COUNTY AIR, UH, AIRPORTS, UH, IN REGARDS TO FAA STAFFING AND GRANT FUNDING.

UM, SO I KNOW THAT'S A, A TOPIC OF CONCERN.

UM, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU, UH, RELY ON THOSE GRANTS FOR, UH, THE WORK THAT, UH, YOU ARE DOING MOVING FORWARD.

AND WE'LL, UH, I KNOW THAT JOHN WILL BRING THAT UP, UM, DURING HIS DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, JOHN.

UH, AND WELCOME, UH, TO BE IN THE LIAISON.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND THIS AS A FUN GROUP.

I LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE HERE.

IDEA.

WELL, THE ONE THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S NOT HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO PICK YOU UP.

, YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THE, YOU'RE IN THE CIRCLE OF TRUST.

UM, OKAY.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON

[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING.

USED TO SAYING GOOD AFTERNOON, BUT WE HAVE GET USED TO SAYING GOOD MORNING HERE.

UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S GET INTO THINGS TODAY.

WE DO HAVE A FINANCIAL BRIEF TODAY, SO I'LL TRY NOT TO TAKE TOO LONG.

GET THROUGH HERE.

UH, JUST LAST WEEK WE DID, UH, ADOPT THE HIGHWAY AGAIN.

SO WHEN WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PURCHASED SEVERAL OF THE PROPERTIES ALONG HUNTER ROAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND WE DECIDED IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO ADOPT THAT PORTION OF THE ROAD.

AND, UH, SO EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS OUR STAFF GETS OUT

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THERE AND, AND CLEANS IT UP, KEEPING IT LOOKING, UH, NICE AND, AND CLEAN OUT THERE AND, AND TRASH FREE.

YOU'D BE AMAZED WHAT ACCUMULATES OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OUT THERE.

IT'S KIND OF A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA, SO A LOT OF PICKUP TRUCKS AND THINGS ROLLING THROUGH THERE.

SO YOU DO GET SOME, SOME TRASH THAT ROLLS OUT OF THE TRUCK AND BLOWS OUT.

SO ANYWAY, WE TRY TO KEEP THAT LOOKING GOOD.

DID HAVE A VISIT, UM, WE TALK ABOUT THESE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE TYPICALLY HAVE A GROUP OUT ABOUT EVERY MONTH OR TWO TO, TO COME AND SEE THE AIRPORT.

AND, UM, A BIG TIP OF THE HAT TO CIO WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, SHE RECOGNIZED THAT WE GET REQUESTS FAIRLY FREQUENTLY FOR THESE TOURS, AND SHE PUT TOGETHER A NICE PROGRAM FOR THEM.

SO IT'S NO LONGER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION WHERE A GROUP CALLS AND THEN YOU TRY TO PUT A, AN ITINERARY TOGETHER FOR THEM.

SHE'S GOT THE NORMAL FOLKS WHO WE CALL AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU BRING YOUR AIRCRAFT HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE SHERIFF'S HELICOPTER IS ALWAYS THERE.

CIVIL AIR PATROL IS ALWAYS THERE.

AND THEN IF WE GET LUCKY, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY UP FROM HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD WITH A, A MEDICAL, UM, HELICOPTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO SHE'S GOT THIS NICE AND PROGRAM.

THE, THE STUDENTS TYPICALLY GET A CHANCE TO HAVE A GOOD BRIEF BY THE, THE ARF CREW, GET A CHANCE TO SEE HOW THE TRUCKS WORK.

MAYBE A FEW OF THEM GET A RIDE IN THE TRUCK AND THEY ALSO GET A TOUR OF THE, UH, THE TOWER.

SO SHE'S DONE A REAL GOOD JOB OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS COME THROUGH AND, UM, WHO KNOWS WHERE THAT LEADS.

IT MAY JUST PLANT THE SEED FOR SOMEONE TO, YOU KNOW, GET INTO AVIATION IN, IN WHATEVER ROLE THEY, THEY CHOOSE.

THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF AVIATION, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE INSPIRING SOME OF THESE YOUNG FOLKS TO, TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PURSUE A GREAT CAREER.

SO, HATS OFF TO THE WHOLE CREW.

OUR ARF TEAM IS ALWAYS WIDE OPEN FOR THIS TOO, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND OF COURSE, THE TOWER GUYS WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEIR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES TO THE FAA, SO THEY'RE A PRIVATE COMPANY WHO, WHO DO NOT BELONG TO THE AIRPORT.

AND THEY, THEY PITCH IN AND, UM, AND DO A GREAT JOB EDUCATING THESE, THESE KIDS.

SO WE'RE HAPPY FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, TERMINAL UPDATES, THIS IS GREAT.

WE'LL TRY TO, UM, LIKE I SAID LAST MONTH, WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE A, A GOOD TIME TO GET FOLKS OUT THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUILDING.

BUT IT'S, UH, THE, THE ROOF, THE FINAL, UM, PIECE OF THE ROOF IS GOING ON.

IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO WATCH IT GET BUILT 'CAUSE IT KIND OF GOES ON AND, AND LAYERS LIKE A CAKE.

AND THE FINAL, UH, SECTION, THE, THE ROOF PANELS WILL BE COMING IN PRETTY SOON AND GETTING INSTALLED WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WINDOW FRAMING GOING IN.

UM, THE CEILING HAS CEILING, NOT C CEILING, S CEILING HAS HAPPENED AROUND THE WINDOWS.

THAT'S THAT BLACK, UH, CEILING YOU CAN SEE THERE.

UM, SO THAT'S HAPPENED.

AND ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, A LOT OF THE, THE FRAMING, I THINK IT'S ALL NEARLY COMPLETE THERE.

SO AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DIFFERENT SPACES TAKING SHAPE, THE OFFICES WITHIN THE TSA AREA, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE RESTROOMS WOULD BE, THE CONCESSION AREA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S REALLY TAKING SHAPE.

UM, AND IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

THE CANOPY THAT YOU SEE OUT FRONT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING IN THAT TOP CENTER PHOTO IS A TEMPORARY CANOPY.

SO WHEN PHASE TWO OF THE BUILDING HAPPENS, WHICH IS RENOVATION, EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING TERMINAL BUILDING, THAT CANOPY WILL ACTUALLY BE REMOVED BECAUSE THAT'LL BE, WE'RE PART OF THE BUILDING IS.

BUT FOR THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO LONG, THAT'LL BE THE CANOPY OUT, OUT FRONT OF THE, THE BUILDING.

IT GOES RIGHT OUT TO THE, THE FRONT SIDEWALK.

SO THERE, THERE IS, UH, A NICE COVERED WALKWAY FOR FOLKS.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE VIDEO HERE TOO, SO HOPEFULLY IT PLAYS JUST THE WAY IT DID IN MY OFFICE.

LET'S SEE.

THIS ISS, THIS IS WALKING OUT THE EXIT LANE.

IF YOU DE LANE YOUR AIRCRAFT AND YOU'RE HEADING BACK TOWARDS BAGGAGE OR AN EXIT, THE BLUE WALL IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE NEW BUILDING AND THE EXISTING THAT'LL BE REMOVED.

THEN YOU TURN TOWARDS ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THE BUILDING TWO ENTRANCE.

THIS IS OUTSIDE OF JUST,

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HERE YOU GO.

EACH MONTH WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY WITH OUR UPDATES.

SO, UM, THANKS TO ROCIO, SHE KNOWS, UH, SHE KNOWS ALL THE, THE TRICKS THERE.

HUH? ARE YOU GONNA HAVE AN OFFICE OVER THERE? NO.

SO WE DO THAT AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ADVOCACY AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WE WANT TO SEE PROJECTED COMPLETION.

THE PROJECTED COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE OF THE BUILDING IS NEXT SPRING.

SO GIVE OR TAKE A YEAR.

UM, THE REASON WE'RE NOT PUTTING ADMIN SPACES IN THE BUILDING IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE AS COST EFFECTIVE WITH THE DOLLARS AS POSSIBLE.

SO THIS WILL, THIS IS ALL MISSION DRIVEN SPACE.

SO THERE WILL BE THE ONLY ADMIN SPACE IN THERE WILL BE TSA AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT.

UM, BUT ALL OF OUR ADMIN SPACE WILL BE IN OTHER LOCATIONS.

SO THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OPERATIONAL SPACE.

THAT WAS OUR GOAL.

SO WE CAN STAND BEHIND THE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING AND ALL THAT.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, YOU MENTIONED PHASE TWO.

CAN, CAN YOU KIND OF WALK US THROUGH, UH, OR IS THIS INAPPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION? IT'LL COST YOU $10 MILLION AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH .

UH, I MY HOUSE, THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.

NOT THAT MUCH.

WELL, PHASE TWO WILL BE THE, I, IF YOU PICTURE THE EXISTING TERMINAL, IT'LL BE A, A FULL RENOVATION OF ALL THAT SPACE AND IT'LL BE AN EXPANSION AS WELL.

SO IF, IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT TO THE AIRPORT NOW, AND YOU'LL SEE THE ENTRANCE THAT WAS IN THE VIDEO WHERE, WHERE YOU WOULD, WOULD WALK OUT, UM, THAT'S GOT THE BIG CANTILEVER CANOPY THERE.

IF YOU WERE TO STAND IN THAT CANOPY AND LOOK DOWN THE LINE ALONG THE EXISTING BUILDING, THAT'S HOW FAR IT'LL COME OUT.

SO IT'LL BE A STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS.

SO IT, IT, IT BUMPS THAT FRONT WALL OF THE EXISTING BUILDING OUT BETWEEN 25 AND 30 FEET.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A, A LARGE EXPANSION.

THAT PART, I, I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUNDING.

UM, 'CAUSE YOU, THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU FOR $10 MILLION.

YEAH, I'LL, I'LL DO MY BEST.

WE'RE WORKING ON FUNDING.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF MY BRIEF COMING UP.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

BUT, UH, WE ARE WORKING AT PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

SO, AND THEN AT THE END, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A QR CODE AT THE VERY END.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SCANNED THAT YET FOR THE ENGAGEMENT HQ, YOU CAN DO THAT.

BUT THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO MORE OF THE PROGRESS PHOTOS THAT, THAT WE PUT UP THERE.

ROCIO UPDATES IT EVERY WEEK, RIGHT? WELL, EVERY MONTH, EVERY WEEK-ISH.

IT, IT'S UPDATED.

SO WE'LL GET SOME NEW PHOTOS UP THERE FOR YOU TO SEE.

BRIAN, JOHN, I, I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, BUT THE NEW TERMINAL'S GONNA HAVE JET BRIDGES, RIGHT? YES.

IN MOST AIRPORTS, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT AIRLINE DOORS ARE 15 FEET OR MORE ABOVE THE GROUND, JET BRIDGES USUALLY COME OUT OF THE SECOND FLOOR.

AND THIS IS ONLY A ONE FLOOR BUILDING.

SO HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? GEOMETRICALLY? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED IN THE VIDEO, BUT AS THE, THE PART WHERE I WAS WALKING AS IF I WERE LEAVING THE BOARDING GATE AREA GOES DOWN A RAMP.

SO THERE'S A, A SLIGHT RAMP FROM THE TSA SECURITY CHECKPOINT INTO THE BOARDING GATE AREA.

AND THEN THE, THE PASTURE BOARDING BRIDGES ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THEM AS WELL TO GO TO ACCESS.

IT'S ACCESS AIRCRAFT'S.

GOT IT.

SO IT'S VERY SLIGHT.

IT'S GOTTA MEET ALL A DA REQUIREMENTS OF COURSE.

UH, BUT ALL THAT HAS BEEN FACTORED IN, SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT OFF THE SINGLE STORY.

GOOD QUESTION THOUGH.

ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE TERMINAL? ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW THE BULLET ITEM, STATE FUNDING, RICH, THIS IS TO YOUR POINT, I JUST, UH, RECENTLY SUBMITTED A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE STATE.

I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL INFORMAL REQUESTS IN THROUGH JEFF BRADLEY, WHO'S BEEN KIND OF OUR, OUR MAIN, UH, WORKER UP IN COLUMBIA ON THIS ISSUE FOR US.

AND, UH, THE WHOLE DELEGATION GOT A COPY OF THAT REQUEST FOR THE PHASE TWO FUNDING.

SO WE'VE, UH, WE'VE REQUESTED 15 MILLION FROM THE STATE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DELIVERED FOR THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN EQUAL THAT.

AND THE SECOND PHASE AS WELL, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST PHASE AND SECOND PHASE.

THE SECOND PHASE WILL NOT HAVE FAA FUNDING.

'CAUSE WE'VE, I SAY THAT WE MET, WE'LL STILL APPLY FOR SOME FAA FUNDING BECAUSE THE RECENT REAUTHORIZATION BILL FROM LAST YEAR MADE AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AVAILABLE TO SMALL NON HUB TERMINAL PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S US.

SO IT'S POTENTIALLY OUT THERE IN WRITING.

BUT TO MS. TURNER'S POINT, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH WHAT'S WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN WITH THE FAA.

SO IN DISCRETIONARY MONEY WILL BE THE, THE, THE POT THAT HAS THE MOST UNCERTAINTY TIED TO IT.

SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE.

UM, WE'LL APPLY FOR IT.

BUT THAT'S ON THE, ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

STATEWISE, WE APPLIED FOR THE 15 MILLION FOR THE TERMINAL.

AND THEN I'M ALSO SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR THE ST.

JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH PROJECT THIS WEEK.

AND THAT'LL BE A $2 MILLION REQUEST THAT WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IN.

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BUT STEVE AND I WERE UP IN COLUMBIA LAST WEEK FOR THE LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION AND, UM, HAD A FEW MEMBERS ATTEND, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY BUSY DAY IN COLUMBIA, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ATTENDANCE WE REALLY WANTED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT THE AVIATION ASSOCIATION PUTS ON ARE, ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT.

SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ROPE SOME OF YOU INTO THERE.

RICH, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT, YOU PUT THAT CAVEAT ON THERE.

IF YOU THINK I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU NOT HAD SAID THAT I'D HAVE, I'D HAVE PICKED YOU FOR THE TEAM, RIGHT? , YOU WENT AND RUINED IT.

NO, IT, IT'LL BE GOOD.

I I THINK THAT, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE CAN DO.

AND THE, THE WAY IT WORKS UP IN COLUMBIA, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE SEEN AND YOU HAVE TO BE HEARD FROM.

UM, THAT'S WHAT GETS THINGS DONE.

AND OUR DELEGATION IS, IS GAINING SENIORITY UP THERE.

THEY'RE, THEY WORK VERY, VERY HARD FOR US.

UH, AND LUCKILY WE'VE, I'VE GOT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF 'EM.

SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY EFFECTIVE TO BE ABLE TO CHAT WITH THEM ABOUT PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

AND, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU DO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ANYBODY IN OUR DELEGATION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM.

LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DO HAVE A REQUEST IN.

THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT.

THEY GET A LOT OF EMAILS, BUT, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE REINFORCE THAT.

AND THEN SEAA NEWSLETTER I HAD, I ALWAYS GET A BUNCH OF THESE EACH SEASON WHEN THE AVIATION ASSOCIATION PUTS THIS OUT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU ALL EVER SEE THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S A MEMBER, WHO'S NOT A MEMBER, BUT I BROUGHT COPIES.

I'M GONNA GIVE Y'ALL ONE.

UM, SO YOU CAN PASS THOSE AROUND.

BUT WHAT I'LL TRY TO DO, AND I THINK I MENTIONED AN EMAIL THIS WEEK, I'M GONNA TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INTENTIONAL ABOUT FORWARDING THOSE EMAILS AND THAT INFORMATION TO YOU FOLKS SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STATE.

THERE'S GREAT INFORMATION IN THESE NEWSLETTERS INCLUDING SAFETY UPDATES AND, YOU KNOW, PILOT TIPS AND AIRPORT UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF JUST STAY UP TO DATE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN AVIATION IN THE STATE.

AND IT'LL HAVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE, AT THE STATE HOUSE AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE BILLS THAT NEED SUPPORT OR NEED TO BE KNOCKED DOWN LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.

WE HAD A PRETTY BIG CAMPAIGN AND, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BEATING BACK THAT LEGISLATION.

BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAPPENS UP THERE.

SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP ON, UH, ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

UH, WE, THE LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION, I TALKED ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATOR FOR RECEPTION LAST WEEK, BUT I'LL BE GOING UP TO DC ON THE 27TH.

AND WE'VE DONE THIS.

I, I MENTIONED IT TO YOU.

IT'S ALMOST EVERY YEAR THAT, THAT I GO UP THERE FOR JUST KIND OF A ONE DAY, I CALL IT SPEED DATING WITH THE STAFFERS.

UM, AND THERE'S THE DELEGATION.

I THINK WE'LL HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERY AIRPORT FROM GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA GOING UP AS A GROUP TO MEET WITH OUR TWO STATE STAFFERS AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE MEMBERS AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENING NOW.

AND, AND, AND FRANKLY HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE OVER ADMINISTRATION.

UH, BUT WE'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH SOME OF THAT DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.

SO THAT'LL BE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH AND I'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE A, A GOOD UPDATE FOR YOU NEXT MONTH.

BOARD REAPPOINTMENTS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WHO GOT REAPPOINTED UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY, THEY GOT IT.

I THINK HERE IT'S EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR RICH.

I THINK YOU'RE UP NEXT YEAR.

AND I THINK NICK WAS REAPPOINTED AS WELL.

SO ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW, YOU SAID YES, BUT APPARENTLY YOU DID.

, YOU'RE STUCK WITH US FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I HOPE CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE, ADVOCACY AND COMMITTEES.

I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE EMAIL I SENT OUT, BUT WE MAY WANT TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WE HAVE.

'CAUSE WE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE REPORT THAT THERE'S NO REPORT.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU MAYBE TO LOOK AT THAT STRUCTURE AND SAY, HEY, WHICH COMMITTEES ARE OBSOLETE? AND MAYBE WE NEED TO STAND UP SOME NEW ONES.

I WOULD PUT OUT THERE TO EITHER A, AN ADVOCACY SLASH LEGISLATIVE OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, OF PUBLIC POLICY TYPE, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND THAT WAY IF, IF WE HAVE ISSUES THAT NEED A, A LETTER TO COME FROM THE BOARD, THAT THAT'S HELPFUL.

WELL, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.

OR IF WE NEED TO TAKE SOME OF YOU TO, TO COLUMBIA FOR A MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'D BE HELPFUL.

SO JUST CONSIDER THAT.

BUT ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY ROLES ON THIS BOARD REALLY IS, IS ADVOCACY.

SO ONCE YOU PICK A A CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT BEING FED ENOUGH INFORMATION, GET WITH US AT AIRPORT ADMIN SO WE CAN KEEP YOU UP TO DATE.

THERE'S SO MUCH THAT COMES AT US.

SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO PASS IT ON

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BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KIND OF DIGEST IT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.

UM, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE PULLING IT FROM US FROM TIME TO TIME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, YEAH.

ANYBODY ON THAT ON AT THE STATE LEVEL? UH, ARE ANY OF OUR LOCAL, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS ON ANY OF THE AVIATION COMMITTEES AT ALL? WE, LET'S SEE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY THIS YEAR WHO'S ON ANY OF THE LIKE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TAKE SOMEBODY ON THAT COMMITTEE TO, TO WIELD THE, THE HEAVY HAMMER.

UM, BILL HERB KURTZMAN IS A PILOT AS WELL, SO HE ALWAYS STAYS.

HE'S NOT, I DON'T THINK HE'S ON WAYS AND MEANS ANYMORE.

I THINK HE'S ON LCI, BUT THAT STILL IS A PRETTY POWERFUL COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, BILL IS ALWAYS WE'RE WE TALK A GOOD BIT VIA EMAIL TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON ISSUES.

HE'S BEEN REAL STRONG.

SHANNON'S GOT SOME GOOD COMMITTEE POSITIONS AS WELL.

UM, AND, AND WESTON ALWAYS SWINGS A HEAVY BAT TOO.

SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR FOLKS, REGARDLESS OF WHICH COMMITTEES THEY'RE ON, THEY, THEY ALL TAKE UP OUR ISSUES AND, AND GATHER THE FOLKS THAT NEED TO BE GATHERED TO UNDERSTAND.

SO WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THAT FRONT, I THINK.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, KIND OF A HAPPY THING, PHILIP, NOT THAT EVERYTHING WASN'T, BUT PHILIP FORD, THIS IS A NEW DEAL THAT, UM, THE CHAMBER HAS HONCHO AND, UM, IF, IF YOU'RE A BIG WATER DRINKER LIKE I AM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT A PROGRAM AND, AND HILTON HEAD HAS CHOSEN THE SEA TURTLE PATROL, UM, AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS.

SO EVERY TIME I FILL THIS GUY UP AND I SCAN WITH MY APP ON THAT LITTLE QR CODE, A DOLLAR GETS DONATED TO THE SEA TURTLE, UM, PATROL.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY COOL.

WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE DOING IT IN THE AIRPORT.

WE ARE SPONSORING THIS PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL HAVE ALL KINDS OF MARKETING STUFF THAT GOES UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN THE AIRPORT.

SO OUR FILLING STATIONS IN THE AIRPORT WILL HAVE THIS, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA MAKE CONTAINERS AVAILABLE IN THE CONCESSIONS AREA FOR FOLKS TO PURCHASE.

UM, AND MAYBE THE STICKERS TOO.

IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BOTTLE, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, BUY THE STICKER AND POP IT ON YOUR BOTTLE.

UM, I'M A HEAVY WATER DRINKER, UM, IN THE LAST TWO DAYS I THINK I'M UP TO LIKE 10 REFILLS.

SO YEAH, SO EVERY TIME YOU DO IT, IT'S A BUCK THAT GOES IN THERE.

SO I'M HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN DO FOUR OR $5 A DAY OVER A YEAR, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT GOES TO THE SEA TURTLES.

SO REALLY COOL THING.

JUST YOU CAN GOOGLE FILL IT FORWARD.

UM, BUT IT'S A NEAT PROGRAM, SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY WORTHWHILE.

UM, ANYBODY HAVE YOUR WATER DRINKERS? DOES ANYBODY CARRY AROUND THEIR OWN BOTTLE AND DO THEIR THING? ANN'S SHAKING HER HEAD.

YOU NEED TO DRINK WATER .

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HILTON HEAD WATER, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GET YOUR WATER.

YOU GET IT WHEREVER YOU WANT.

JUDGE ON HILTON HEAD VERSUS BEAUFORT WATER MINE.

THIS IS NOT THE COMMITTEE FOR THAT.

MINE GOES THROUGH A FILTER REGARDLESS.

BUT THE, THE POINT IS, IF THE, THE POINT OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY ELIMINATE SINGLE USE CLASSIC, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHO, WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT? MOST OF IT'S NOT GOOD.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROGRAM.

AS SOMEBODY THAT'S ON THE SEA TURTLE PATROL AUXILIARY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE AIRPORT SUPPORTING.

AND THE HOTELS IN THE AREA ALSO SUPPORT THIS TOO.

THEY'VE, THEY'VE PLEDGED UP TO $15,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM.

THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL.

WHO PAYS THE DOLLAR? YOU, IT, IT COMES FROM THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE AND ALL THE, THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

SO I KNOW THE RESORTS ARE IN ON IT AND, AND WE'RE ON IT.

BUT, BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM.

SO WE, WE PLEDGE THE MONEY UP FRONT TO IT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, GETS US A MARKETING COLLATERAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IT, IT'S A FANTASTIC KIND OF JOINT EFFORT, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO EDUCATE FOLKS TOO WHO VISIT THE AREA AND ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT ABOUT SEA TURTLES IF THEY SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THE, THE SEA TURTLE PATROL TYPICALLY HAS SOME INFORMATION IN THE TERMINAL AS WELL.

AND, UM, AND WE LIKE FOLKS TO KNOW KIND OF THE, THE RULES OF THE ROAD WHEN YOU'RE ON THE BEACH.

YOU KNOW, NOT LEAVING THE, THE GEAR BEHIND, MAKING SURE YOU FILL YOUR HOLES, NOT HAVING THE LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW THOSE RULES, BUT NOT ALL THE VISITORS COMING FROM THE MIDWEST KNOW HOW IMPORTANT AND SENSITIVE IT IS.

SO, UM, MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO BE A, A PARTNER WITH THAT.

BUT IT'S PHILIP FORD ON GOOGLE.

YEP.

IF YOU JUST DO PHILIP FORD AND IT STARTED WAY BACK IN 2011.

IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT OLD, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT IS PRETTY INTERESTING.

AND THEY HAVE A LOT, THEY HAVE GLOBAL CAUSES.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S GLOBAL WATER MISSIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S PRETTY COOL ORGANIZATION AND UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY OPPORTUNE THAT, THAT WE'RE TAKING PART IN THAT.

SO I SAW RICH, RICH USES THE REUSABLE BOTTLE.

WHO ELSE? DOES ANYBODY ELSE REFILL THEIR BOTTLES ALL THE TIME? TOM DOES.

RON DOES

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JOHN, AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT HOW MUCH YOU CAN CONSUME.

YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT WHAT YOU DRINK.

I UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE WAY TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND .

ALRIGHT, SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? 'CAUSE WE'RE NEXT, UH, GUY ON THE DOCKET HERE IS BRIAN WITH A FINANCIAL UPDATE.

SO TRYING TO THINK IF I HAD ANY MORE NOTES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTS OR ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NO, I THINK WE CAN, WELL LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS ON, UM, UH, JUST IN CASE THEY DON'T COME UP DURING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, COULD WE JUST GET AN UPDATE? UH, SO WE'VE GOT AN, WE GOT A, UH, RUNWAY SHUTDOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY A WEEK COMING UP ON A RW, WHICH I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT JOB ON THE COMMUNICATION WAY AHEAD OF TIME.

UM, KIND OF JUST BRIEF EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT.

WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT? SO, UH, THE BOARD KNOWS IF THEY GET QUESTIONS FROM SOMEONE.

YES, THANK YOU.

I TOLD YOU I'D FORGET AND THAT'S WHAT I BRING UP.

YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION TO THE FINANCE REPORT.

SO THE AGE THING, TOM, IT HAPPENS AT ANY AGE, .

SO A COUPLE OF PROJECTS AT BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE, THE, THE RUNWAY FIRST.

SO THAT'S A, A REHAB PROJECT THAT'LL HAPPEN.

THE PAVING WILL PROBABLY BE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT PART OF THE SCHEDULE NAILED DOWN YET, BUT THIS FIRST PHASE THAT'LL HAPPEN IN APRIL IS GONNA BE THE INSTALLATION OF DRAINAGE ALONG THE, THE SIDES OF THE, THE EDGES OF THE RUNWAY.

SO SINCE THAT'S IN THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA, WE'VE GOTTA CLOSE THE FACILITY FOR THEM TO, TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, THE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE ADVANCED NOTICE OUT THERE SO THAT ALL OF OUR TENANTS ON UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ALSO SO THAT THE FOLKS WHO FLY IN ON THE CHARTERS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY BUSY, YOU KNOW, CHARTER BUSINESS UP THERE, THAT THEY CAN KIND OF SCHEDULE AROUND THAT OR MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.

SO THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IT AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN, BUT, UM, IT IS, IT IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE PROJECT.

SO THAT'LL HAPPEN IN APRIL.

AND THEN THE, THE SECOND PROJECT IS THE, THE HANGAR SITE WORK PROJECT THAT'S, IT'S ALMOST READY TO KICK OFF.

UM, IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS, BUT YOU FOLKS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE CONTRACT TO GO TO GULFSTREAM CONSTRUCTION, GULFSTREAM CONTRACTORS BACK IN PROBABLY OCTOBER.

SO WE'RE READY TO GO, WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM AND ONCE WE GET THE FINAL PERMIT FROM THE COUNTY, THEN WE'LL BE READY TO KICK THAT OFF.

AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE ALL THE SITE WORK FOR ALL THAT HANGAR COMPLEX THAT WE'LL BUILD.

WE WON'T GO VERTICAL WITH EVERYTHING RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE, BUT THAT'LL GET THE SITE WORK DONE SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED WHEN WE SECURE FUNDING FOR THE VERTICAL PHASE.

ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JOHN.

LET'S GO.

THERE'S YOUR QR CODE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FOR ENGAGEMENT HQ, I MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE NICK OUT OF THE WAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MOVE HIM.

THERE WE GO.

I CAN MOVE NICK.

WE'RE GONNA PUT NICK THERE.

SHOULDN'T HAVE MOVED HIM FOR THE VIDEO.

MIGHT HAVE STOPPED IT.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS WILL GET YOU THE WEEKLY UPDATES IN THAT WE'LL HAVE LITTLE, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE PHOTOS AND A LITTLE BIT OF A NARRATIVE UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECT.

SO THAT IS THAT.

AND I THINK NOW

[VII.1. Airports Second Quarter Financial Update (Brian Cronin)]

SO BRIAN, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW TO DO THIS? ? I'LL TRY .

I'M GONNA ESCAPE OUT OF HERE.

I THINK CIO GET READY.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT HERE.

THEY ESCAPE FIRST.

YEP, I GOT THAT PART.

AND THEN YOU GOTTA FIND IT, THEN I GOT IT.

FIND IT ON THERE.

AND THEN THERE'S YOURS.

AND THEN, UH, WHAT'S THAT DUPLICATE THING? WELL, YOU CAN DO IT, UH, DO IT THERE AND THEN HERE, DISPLAY SETTING AND THEN DUPLICATE.

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY SPECTRUM.

YEAH, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIALS, UM, FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR AFTER THIS DATE GOING FORWARD, I HOPE TO DO THIS EVERY QUARTER, UM, WHICH I THINK WILL BE GOOD.

BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GO THROUGH DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS AND SEE THINGS THAT POPPED OUT AT ME AS FAR AS REVENUES AND EXPENSES, SOME VARIANCES, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A COMPARISON MIC.

SURE.

THIS WILL BE A COMPARISON BETWEEN LAST YEAR AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME SO WE CAN SEE WHAT TYPES OF VARIANCES THERE ARE AND TRY TO GET SOME EXPLANATIONS FOR THOSE.

UM, THIS FIRST SLIDE ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, THIS IS THE REVENUES, UM, FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31ST.

AND THEN THERE'S A COMPARISON BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR.

SOME OF THE VARIANCES THAT POPPED THAT UP.

MAY, FIRST OF ALL, CABLE TV FRANCHISES, WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THOSE EXISTED AT FIRST UNTIL I DID THIS.

THOSE ARE BASICALLY, IT'S UM, CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS

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AND THE COUNTY RECEIVES FEES FROM THEM BASED ON REVENUES THAT ARE GENERATED BY THE CABLE FRAME.

THE CABLE COMPANY.

UM, THIS VARIANCE HERE FOR $16,000.

THESE ARE BOOKED BY THE COUNTY.

THESE ARE NOT BOOKED BY AN ACCOUNTING STAFF AT THE AIRPORT.

AND IT'S JUST THE TIMING THING.

EVENTUALLY THESE FEES SHOULD COME THROUGH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT SHOULD EVEN ITSELF OUT.

UM, THE TOWN OF HILTON HAD REVENUES ITEM FOR VARIANCE.

THERE IS AROUND $56,000.

THOSE ARE, UM, HILTON HAD A, A TAX REIMBURSEMENTS.

UM, SO THERE HASN'T BEEN, WE HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR AS MUCH AT TAX REIMBURSEMENTS THUS FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR THAT ONE SHOULD ALSO EVEN OUT.

UM, THE NEXT ITEMS THAT KIND OF POP OUT AT US ARE THE RAMP FEES INCREASE OF 108,000 SECURITY FEES, INCREASE OF 21,000, RENTS INCREASE OF 118,000.

THE ALL THOSE INCREASES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED COST RECOVERY FEES FOR OUR COST RECOVERY PROGRAM WITH THE, WITH THE AIRLINES.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE PROBABLY WILL GET AROUND $500,000 MORE FROM THE AIRLINES VIA THESE TYPES OF REVENUES.

LASTLY, HANGAR RENTALS, THOSE ARE THE INCREASE OF 12,000 IS BASICALLY DUE TO PRICE INCREASES.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS REVENUES AND ANY OF THE VARIANCES.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, HERE'S THE EXPENSES FOR HXD.

NOW THE ONE THAT REALLY POPPED OUT AT ME WAS PAYROLL AND RELATED EXPENSES.

THAT INCLUDES SALARIES PLUS FICA, THOSE SORT OF ITEMS. GROUP INSURANCE.

YOU SEE THAT INCREASE OF $164,000 APPROXIMATELY WHEN I RESEARCHED THAT, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THAT THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO A TIMING OF GROUP INSURANCE BOOKING THAT WE DO NOT BOOK THE COUNTY BOOKS THAT, SO THAT VARIANCE SHOULD DIMINISH AS THE FISCAL YEAR GOES ON.

SO BASICALLY A TIMING ISSUE.

SO THEY, THEY BOOKED IT, THEY BOOKED IT EARLIER THAN WHAT THEY WOULD'VE DONE LAST YEAR BASED ON MAYBE THE TIMING OF THE PAYMENT? YEAH, THIS YEAR.

THIS YEAR IT WAS BOOKED MORE ON TIME, BASICALLY OKAY.

THAN LAST YEAR.

UM, ADVERTISING, ACTUALLY THERE'S REDUCTION THERE.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT VARIANCE COMES IN.

IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE VARIANCE.

SOME OF THAT VARIANCE HAS TO DO WITH, UM, SALARY INCREASES, RIGHT.

YES, LIKE 4% ONE YEAR.

A 3% ONE YEAR.

UM, ALSO THEY DID, UM, A COMP CLASSIFICATION STUDY WHERE SOME PEOPLE'S SAL SALARIES WERE ADJUSTED UPWARDS MOSTLY TO PEOPLE WITH THE LOWER SALARIES.

HAD AN ADJUSTMENT UP UPWARDS.

55,000.

THAT'S BASICALLY DUE TO WE HAVE, UM, A SCS D GRANT FROM THE DOT.

IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT USED FOR ADVERTISING.

WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR MORE OF OUR ADVERTISING OUT OF THAT GRANT, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UM, SEE OTHER ONE, STORM WATER FEES.

THAT'S BASICALLY PROPERTY TAX.

STORMWATER FEES.

THAT'S ANOTHER TIMING THING WITH BOOKING.

UM, IT WAS BOOKED.

THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE LATE, WOULDN'T IT? YEAH, TYPICALLY NOVEMBER IS WHEN YOU GOT, WE GET THE STORMWATER.

I THINK A LOT OF IT, THERE'S NO .

I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT.

THERE'S NO, LET'S MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T PAY A PENALTY FOR A LATE PAYMENT .

NO.

AND IT, IT'S MORE OF THE TIMING OF WHEN IT'S BOOKED AS TO ONE.

IT RATHER IT COULD SIT SOMEWHERE BEFORE IT GETS BOOKED BASICALLY.

I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT IT'S TRUE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE UTILITIES WENT UP BY 17,000.

I'M STILL RESEARCHING THAT ONE.

WHEN I WENT INTO THE GEL AND LOOKED AT THAT SPARK LIGHT HARD RATE , THERE WERE SOME OF THE BOOKINGS DON'T LOOK CORRECTLY AND WE DON'T DO THOSE BOOKINGS EITHER AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE.

UM, SO I'M RESEARCHING THAT.

PLUS WE DID HAVE A WATER LEAK THAT'S SINCE BEEN FIXED.

THAT WAS A LITTLE PORTION OF IT AND THERE'S BEEN SOME RATE INCREASES.

UM, THE HILTON HAD PSD AS WELL AS UM, JUST, UM, UTILITIES IN GENERAL.

UM, THE NEXT ONE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES YOU'LL SEE THAT WENT UP.

71,000, 72,000.

THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO UM, SE INCREASED FEES FOR SECURITAS THIS FISCAL YEAR AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

FOR THE WHAT? SECURITAS? THAT'S OUR

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SECURITY FOR THE AIRPORT OR OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR.

SUPPLEMENTING POLICE.

UH OH.

THAT WAS OKAY.

YES.

UM, I PUT CAPITAL IN HERE IN THE EXPENSES FOR, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA REMOVE IT IN THE NEXT SLIDE 'CAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE THERE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT INCREASED FOR 149,000.

THOSE ARE BASICALLY PURCHASES FOR DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEEDED AT THE AIRPORT.

WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS GETTING THINGS THAT WE NEED THERE.

UM, THAT EQUIPMENT INCLUDED SOME VEHICLES AT AND VAULT LIGHTING CONTROLS, UM, DISABLED AIRCRAFT TOOLS, UM, AN EV CHARGING STATION, HVAC REPLACEMENT ITEMS SUCH AS THAT.

THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT LINE ITEM.

UM, AND LOCAL GRANT MATCH THAT IS RELATED TO SKY SDI AS WELL.

THAT'S THE PORTION THAT IS, THAT WE PAY INTO, INTO THE SKY SDI PROGRAM.

QUESTION.

HOW DID YOU HAVE NOT HAVE APPRECIATION WHEN YOU GOT DEPRECIATION? I, I WAS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK THE BOARD BECAUSE I COULD GO EITHER WAY WITH IT.

DEPRECIATION, THE COUNTY HASN'T BOOKED IT YET AND THEY DON'T BOOK IT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

WELL, THEY WON'T BOOK IT UNTIL THE END.

TYPICALLY END OF THE YEAR WON'T BOOK DEPRECIATION TILL THE END OF THE YEAR.

I CAN DON'T BOOK IT IN THE MIDDLE FOR FUTURE REPORTS LIKE THIS.

I CAN DO AN ESTIMATE 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY EASY.

IT'S STRAIGHT LINE DEPRECIATION AND IT WOULD, YOU'D PROBABLY SEE $200,000 IN THAT LINE ITEM.

I COULD ESTIMATE IT, BUT I'M RIGHT WITH WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU RIGHT NOW.

I'M GOING BY WHAT'S ACTUALLY BOOKED IN THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.

SO I'M, I'M WELCOME TO ANY SUGGESTIONS ON THAT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ESTIMATE DEPRECIATION ONE.

I'M LOOKING AT A DIFFERENCE TOO BETWEEN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR ACCOUNTING.

YOU'D NEVER PUT THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT ON THEIRS AND EXPENSE.

NO.

RIGHT? YEAH, NO, YOU NEVER WOULD.

UM, AND BASICALLY TO BE FAIR, AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THE AUDIT'S DONE AND YOU SEE THE AUDITED FINANCIALS, THEY DON'T HAVE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IN THERE EITHER.

IT'S, IT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS EXPENSE SLIDE? OKAY.

AND HERE WE COME TO THE BOTTOM LINE REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES.

YOU'LL SEE THE, IT WE'RE LOWER BY 232,000 APPROXIMATELY.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU ADD BACK IN CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, THE VARIANCE GETS SMALLER AND THERE'S AROUND AN $82,000 DIFFERENCE.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

WE'RE, THAT'S PRETTY, LOOKS PRETTY EVEN KEEL TO ME.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOMEBODY ITEMS SUCH AS PAYROLL.

WITH THE TIMING OF THE GROUP INSURANCE BOOKING AND THE TIMING DIFFERENCES, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH WAS THAT GROUP INSURANCE BOOKING OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THAT VARIABLE ROUGHLY? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ACTUALLY I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK THAT.

THE GROUP INSURANCE PORTION WAS AROUND 70 GRAND.

IT ACTUALLY, THAT PORTION WAS AS FAR AS THE SALARIES AND WAGES, THAT PORTION JUST THE SALARIES.

NOT INCLUDING FICA MEDICARE RETIREMENT OR ANYTHING.

IT'S, THERE WAS ACTUALLY WITH THE TIMING OF THIS, WHEN THE, THE INCREASES IN SALARIES WERE GIVEN BY THE COUNTY AND THE COMP STUDY AND THESE OTHER THINGS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A 3% RAISE THAT WAS GIVEN VIA THE COUNTY AND THEN A $4,000 RAISE, JUST A FLAT RAISE.

THEN PLUS YOU HAD THE COMP STUDY, WHICH INCREASED IT ALL AND THE AGGREGATE RAISES BASICALLY WERE AROUND ACROSS THE BOARD.

NOT THAT EACH PERSON GOT ONE.

YEAH, WERE AROUND 15% AND THAT INCLUDES NEW EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

SO THAT GOT ALL BOOKED INTO DECEMBER THAT IT NORMALLY WOULD'VE BEEN SPREAD OUT OVER A LONGER PERIOD BECAUSE OF WHEN IT HIT.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON HILTON HEAD? LET'S GO.

OKAY, HERE'S A RW REVENUES.

LET'S SEE WHAT NOTES I HAD ON THAT.

IF THERE WAS ANYTHING.

IF YOU'LL SEE AGAS PURCHASES OR REVENUES ARE A LITTLE LOW, THEY WENT DOWN 20, YOU KNOW, 19 GRAND THERE.

UM, EVERYTHING ELSE TO ME LOOKS PRETTY EVEN KEEL.

I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE.

AND THE REVENUES ARE PRETTY EVEN AT THE BOTTOM LINE THERE, YOU KNOW, LOWER OVER, BUY A RENT, $11,000.

HOW WOULD WE DOWN IN HANGAR RENTALS? ACTUALLY THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE.

THERE'S A COUPLE LATE PAYMENTS AND THAT, THAT WILL BE CAUGHT UP AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REVENUE SIDE? OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

HERE'S OUR EXPENSE SIDE AND UM, ON THE EXPENSES PAYROLL, YOU'LL SEE THAT

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WENT UP BY $45,000.

WE DID HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE THAT WAS ADDED AT A RW.

IT'S, IT'S MAINLY THAT PLUS, UM, AN ADDITION THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONS IN SALARY THERE FOR THE COMP STUDY AS WELL THAT THE COUNTY DID.

UM, YOU'LL SEE STORMWATER UTILITY FEES.

AGAIN THAT VARIANCE.

THAT'S JUST THE TIMING OF THE BOOKING OF THAT, THOSE ITEMS AND THAT S**T EVEN ITSELF OUT.

UM, AGAS PURCHASES THAT POPPED THAT UP, ME THAT THOSE ARE DOWN, BUT SO ARE AGAS REVENUES.

SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM, JET FUEL PURCHASES, AND STEVE, MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THIS ONE.

'CAUSE YOU'RE, HE'S THE EXPERT AT A RW WITH HOW THE FUEL WORKS.

WELL, FUEL IS THE INVENTORY VERSUS WHAT WE'RE SELLING.

SO WHEN THESE NUMBERS ARE TAKEN AND SPECIFICALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HOW MUCH INVENTORY WE HAVE IN THE TANK CAN OFFSET WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE GONNA BE.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO INSTRUCT THOSE GUYS TO SELL DOWN THE GAS AND HOLD OFF ON PURCHASING UNTIL THE LAST SECOND BECAUSE INVENTORY ISN'T SUCH A BIG ISSUE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S WHEN I'M WANT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF INVENTORY IN THE SYSTEM SO I DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THAT IT, YOU'LL SEE IT.

WE BUY GAS AND THEN WE SELL IT.

IF I HAVE GAS IN INVENTORY, IT SHOWS AS AN EXPENSE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE TO COVER IT 'CAUSE IT'S STILL SITTING IN THE TANK.

SO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, I WANT LESS GAS IN THE TANK.

SO THE REVENUES ARE PROPORTIONATE TO HOW MUCH WE'VE PURCHASED ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.

SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE SAYING IS ON THE JET FUEL IN 2024, WE HAD $121,000 AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN INVENTORY OF JET FUEL AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

RIGHT.

FISCAL YEAR FOR EMAIL VERSUS, SO YEAH, CORRECT.

THERE'S 120, HAD $21,000 WORTH OF INVENTORY JET FUEL IN THE TANK.

IT JUST HASN'T SOLD YET.

AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

THAT MEANS WE'RE BUYING JET FUEL BECAUSE IT'S SELLING.

BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES IS IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE SIDE, REVENUE SIDE SHOULD BE WHAT THE, WHAT WHAT THE SALE IS.

JET FUEL REVENUES ARE UP.

REVENUE'S UP.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHERE'S THE COST OF GOODS SOLD FOR THE FUEL THAT WAS SOLD? BECAUSE IF WE GOT AN IN INVENTORY, I'M HOLDING IT AS AN INVENTORY ITEM, RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T GET EXPENSED OUT UNTIL IT'S SOLD.

BUT, SO THERE SHOULD BE A COST OF GOODS SOLD WITH WITH 120.

'CAUSE WE DIDN'T SELL 121,000.

IT'S SHOWN AS AN EXPENSE.

$121,000.

THAT'S 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO BUY IT.

RIGHT? BUT IT'S REALLY NOT AN EXPENSE.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS ALL THAT REVENUE, THERE'S NOT AN EXPENSE FOR THE FUEL THAT WAS SOLD.

W WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A HUGE INVENTORY ADJUSTMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

BECAUSE YOU'RE, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE REVENUE, YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WHAT'S IT SHOW ON OUR REVENUE FOR, FOR FUEL, FOR JET FUEL? SEE IF I CAN GO, OH YEAH, IT'S WAY A HUNDRED, IT'S $198,000.

RIGHT? SO 120, $198,000 ARE WE SAYING REALLY THAT THE 121,000 IS COST A GOOD SOLD AND WE MADE ROUGHLY 77,000 ON THE, SO IT'S NOT THE INVENTORY AMOUNT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE SOLD.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IN INVENTORY.

THAT'S COST SOLD.

THAT'S HOW MUCH SOLD PLUS THE COST OF GOODS SOLD.

THAT'S THE COST OF GOOD SOLD PLUS WHAT'S IN INVENTORY.

RIGHT.

THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

I'M NOT GONNA SHOW IN WORDS THE PROFIT THAT WE MADE OFF OF IT.

'CAUSE YOU, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? NO.

RIGHT.

WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING WELL YOU WELL YOU'RE GONNA WANNA SEE IT, BUT YOU'RE EVERY YEAR IT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

IT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT YOU BUT YOU'RE SHOWING IT AS PART OF YOUR, BECAUSE YOU'RE EXPENSING IT WHEN YOU BUY IT ANYHOW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHICH I MEAN IT'S SIX AND ONE HALF DOZEN.

THAT'S A TIMING ISSUE.

ALRIGHT.

THANKS STEVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE EXPENSE SIDE FOR RW.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER I, I HAD NOT ONLY ADDED IN CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, BUT THERE'S A SITE DEVELOPMENT LINE ITEM THAT IS BASICALLY ARPA FUNDED.

SO IT'S NOT, I DIDN'T WANTED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT AND PUT, PUT THAT MONEY BACK IN THERE AS WELL.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, WE ARE LOWER BY $116,000 THIS YEAR.

AND WE HAVE AT A RW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BEEN A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE AS FAR AS DOING REPAIRS AND SOME MAINTENANCE LINE ITEMS PLUS THE INCREASED SALARY.

UM, WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK, IF YOU TOOK FOR INSTANCE TO INCREASE IN PAYROLL OF 45,000, I CAN GO BACK THERE.

UM, TIMINGS OF BOOKINGS WITH STORMWATER UTILITY FEES, THOSE TYPES OF THING.

THAT'S

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ANOTHER $18,000.

UM, JET FUEL PURCHASES UP $41,000.

UM, THAT NOW THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, I ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR THAT.

SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT.

BUT THOSE LINE ITEMS KIND OF BRING IT BACK UP TO MORE OF AN EVEN KEEL.

NOT QUITE THERE, BUT TYPICALLY TO THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTING THERE AREN'T GONNA BE AS MANY MAINTENANCE ITEMS BECAUSE WE TOOK CARE OF A LOT OF THOSE AND WE'RE HOPING THINGS WILL CATCH BACK UP AND BE ABOUT EVEN WITH WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

SECOND HALF FOR A RW TYPICALLY IS BETTER THAN THE FIRST HALF TOO.

ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT SUCCESSION ALONE, THEY'RE NOT CLOSED.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CLOSED JULY, AUGUST, PART OF SEPTEMBER.

IT IS.

AND WE WERE VERY CAREFUL, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RUNWAY REHAB TO KIND OF TAILOR THAT AROUND, BREAK IT UP IN FIVE DAY PERIODS.

WE HAVE SUCCESSION OPEN AND TYPICALLY THE BETTER HALF OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE BUDGET YEAR, WE DO DO BETTER ON FUEL CELLS.

SO I WOULD EXPLAIN AGA CELLS AND JET CELLS ARE GOOD.

SO WE NEEDED A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, WE NEEDED SOME REPAIRS.

WE DID ALL THAT IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.

ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS AS FAR AS THIS, THESE TYPE OF PRESENTATIONS IN THE FUTURE FOR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? I HAVE SUGGESTION FOR, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE COULD GET THAT AHEAD OF TIME SO IT'LL HELP US TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND HAVE QUESTIONS PROPOSED AHEAD OF TIME.

SOME OF US ARE GOOD AT NUMBERS, SOME OF US MAYBE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO LOOK AT IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS SO WE'RE MORE PREPARED.

THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE ONLY THING I WOULD'VE LIKED.

I WOULD'VE LIKED TO GOTTEN THIS WITH OUR PACKAGE THAT WE GET.

YEAH, I I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE MAYBE TO DO THAT AND ALSO HAVE EITHER A LITTLE SUMMARY OR BULLET POINTS.

POINTING THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEM VARIANCES.

HIGHLIGHT THEM AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN HAVE AN EXPLANATION THAT WE CAN, AND THEN IT, IT'LL HELP THE MEETING MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER.

BUT IT ALSO, UH, ASK, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ALREADY ANSWERED.

DO I AGREE WITH THAT? YEP.

FIRST GOOD IDEA IN THE MORNING.

SO LONG TO A GOOD START.

AND JUST AS A, AS FAR AS THAT DERE DEPRECIATION LIGHT ON, I COULD ESTIMATE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BOOK, MY WHOLE THING IS AN ACCOUNTING.

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED TO JUST PUT ON PAPER WHAT'S ACTUALLY THERE AND NOT HAVE ESTIMATES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

I I, I DON'T MIND SEEING IT BECAUSE THEN IT PROMPTS THE QUESTION OF, OKAY, WELL WHAT EQUIPMENT, I MEAN, JOHN AND STEVE DO A GREAT JOB ON LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THINGS.

BUT IF WE SEE SOMETHING BIG COME THROUGH, THEN WE KNOW, HEY, A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CAME IN.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL COME UP AND ASK BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS AND I REALLY DON'T FEEL VERY SPECIAL WHEN I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO, HEY MAN, HOW ABOUT THAT NEW FIRETRUCK? WHOA, NEW FIRETRUCK.

I, YOU KNOW, UH, AND IT, AND IT, IT WAS JUST, HEY, THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON AND MAYBE WE MISSED GETTING THAT IN THE, IN THE BRIEFING.

SO IT IT, IT GIVES US MORE INFORMATION TOO, I THINK, WHICH IS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

SO I, I LIKE HAVING, UM, THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ON THERE AS IT GOES.

UM, AND THEN THAT WAY IT ALLOWS US TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WHAT IT IS.

AND AS FAR AS ESTIMATING DEPRECIATION, I MEAN, EITHER DEPRE, I MEAN IT'S, YEAH, IT'S 6 0 1 HALF DOZEN OF ANOTHER TO ME, I DON'T CARE 'CAUSE IT'S A NON-CASH CASH.

IT'S A NON-CASH ITEM.

NO, I'D RATHER I, I'D LEAN TOWARDS LEAVING IT OUT UNTIL IT'S BOOKED.

YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU CAN TELL? I GET EXCITED ABOUT NUMBERS.

I POP RIGHT UP AND YOU START TALKING ABOUT 'EM.

WE'RE, WE'RE A STRANGE BUNCH .

I AGREE.

THANKS A LOT.

I APPRECIATE THAT ALL.

THANK YOU BRIAN.

APPRECIATE IT ALL.

SO NOW WE'RE, UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT I'M AWARE OF.

THE ACTION ITEMS OR ACTION ITEM? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO JOHN, YOU WANNA COME BACK UP FOR THE NEW BUSINESS ON

[IX.1. COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT (ARW) -RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND BEAUFORT FLIGHT TRAINING – VOTE]

THIS ONE IS, UM, THIS IS ABOUT AS EASY AS THEY COME.

THIS IS A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT UP AT BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AND IT'S FOR OUR FLIGHT TRAINING GROUP UP THERE.

AND LITERALLY ALL IT IS, IS A CHANGE IN NAME OF OWNER.

SO IT'S THE EXACT SAME AGREEMENT, BUT SINCE IT IS UNDER A NEW NAME, NEW INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, AS THE OWNER OF THE THE COMPANY, THIS GOES BACK THROUGH AND GETS THE, THE NEW SIGNATURE BY THE ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

GONNA GO BACK THROUGH COMMITTEE REPORTS AND I THINK WE NEED TO BRING UP WHAT JOHN BROUGHT ABOUT THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AT ALL? ALL RIGHT.

COULD I HAVE A MOTION? JIM RICH? SECOND.

UH, ALL OPPOSED HEARING NONE.

UH, MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE

[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE]

CHAIRMAN UPDATE.

UH, REALLY WE'RE JUST

[XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS]

UM,

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I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS TO BE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OR ADVOCACY.

THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION'S ALL ABOUT.

NO BAD IDEAS HERE.

UH, DOES ANYBODY, DO WE HAVE TO DO A MOTION FOR THAT TO LIKE ADD A COMMITTEE? I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK I CAN JUST ADD A, BECAUSE IT'S ALL INTERNAL.

YEAH, IT'S ALL INTERNAL.

WHAT I'LL JUST SAY ABOUT IT IS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ADDING THAT COMMITTEE? NO.

'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S A COMPETITION.

THAT'S THE EASY QUESTION.

LEMME GIVE YOU THE HARD QUESTION.

NOW.

WHO'S GONNA BE BEHIND? WHO WANTS TO BE IN CHARGE OF THAT COMMITTEE? I MEAN, RICH, IF YOU COULD BE OF ANY HELP, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU .

YOU ARE, YOU ARE HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE AND WELCOME.

THERE WE GO.

YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR PEOPLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON YOUR COMMITTEE.

I DO THINK IT'S, UH, UH, WE DO A LOT OF IT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA BOATING AND FISHING ALLIANCE.

I GO UP A LOT FOR THE BOATING INDUSTRY.

UM, AND IT DOES AS, AS, AS JOHN SAID, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

UM, GOING IN AND SEEING, HAVING FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A LOT OF TIMES ABOUT THE BIG THINGS.

IT'S ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE.

AS I TELL MY KIDS WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING FOR JOBS, YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYONE A REASON NOT TO PICK YOU.

AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF ADVOCACY IS, IS THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEM AND HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T KNOW THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.

SO I, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP OUT, I MEAN, I, I WILL.

SO, UM, UH, GOOD.

SO WE MOVED THROUGH THAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? WE GOT THE A RW UPDATE, SO THAT TAKES A PRESSURE OFF OF YOU, JIM.

UM, I THINK WE'RE STILL MOVING.

LESLIE.

WE'RE MOVING GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD WITH YOUR AMBASSADORS.

UH, AND YOU'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE OR MORE POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS? YEAH, I HAVE POTENTIAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME.

I HAVE.

BUT WE'RE ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR MORE AMBASSADORS, SO I DON'T WANNA CLOSE IT OUT.

DON'T YOU KNOW ANYONE INTERESTING? PLEASE.

UH, ANYTHING FROM, UH, HILTON HAD IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE? YES.

ONE SMALL ITEM SINCE YOU'RE A NUMBERS GUY.

I JUST LEARNED THAT A FEW MINUTES AGO.

AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCES TODAY, I BROUGHT THIS UP ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ABOUT TOTAL GA OPERATIONS THAT HILTON HAD.

THIS IS EXCLUSIVE FROM A RW AND WE KIND OF TABLED IT FOR A WHILE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THERE WAS A, A COVID HUMP IN THE NUMBERS.

SO I'VE GONE BACK, NOW THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR FINISHED, I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AGAIN WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT COVID YEAR, AND I NOTICED ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT, FBO REVENUE AND FLIGHT SCHOOL REVENUE HAS GONE DOWN.

UM, FROM 2021 WE HAD 26,500 GA OPERATIONS.

AND AFTER THE COVID YEAR IN 20 23, 20 5,200 LAST YEAR, 20,800.

AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH UNDER 3000 FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS WHEN IT'S RUN WELL ABOVE THAT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

SO IT'S BASICALLY A QUESTION BASED ON THE COMMENT, DO WE AS A GROUP AND AS AN AIRPORT WANT OUR AIRPORT TO GROW OVER TIME OR NOT? BECAUSE COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT HILTON HEAD IS HAVING FEWER PLANES LAND HERE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WITH, ON THE GA SIDE.

ON THE GA SIDE I'M TALKING ABOUT YEAH.

PASSENGER WISE I'VE LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS TOO.

AND THE AIRLINES BRING IN AROUND 120 TO 125,000 PEOPLE A YEAR.

AND SO DOES GA BUT THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN.

AND THE GA DOES THAT, THOSE OPERATIONS DO NOT, DO THEY OR DO THEY NOT INCLUDE THE CHARTER FLIGHTS COMING IN? IT INCLUDE THIS, THIS ONE DOES INCLUDE CHARTER FLIGHTS AND THE CHARTER FLIGHTS ARE UP.

THE TRIGGER WAS 30,000 OPERATIONS FOR THAT.

I MEAN, YOU, YOU GUYS GET THE PACKET.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS YOURSELVES.

UM, BECAUSE I JUST WANNA BRING IT UP AS A DISCUSSION POINT FOR RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU GUYS IN THE MEANTIME CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD LOOK AT, I WOULD SUGGEST TO LOOK AT IS TO LOOK AT SURROUNDING, UH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'LL COME BACK AROUND TO, TO LOOK AT IT FOR GA IS GA TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, PRICE CONSCIOUS.

UM, AND TO LOOK AT THE, UH, AIRPORTS AROUND THE AREA THAT THEY MAY CHOOSE TO LAND THERE INSTEAD OF HILTON HEAD FOR WHATEVER REASON.

WHICH WOULD, THE ONLY REASON IF YOU'RE COMING TO HILTON, THEN THE ONLY REASON WOULD BE COST.

SO, WELL YEAH, THAT GETS INTO THE REASONS, BUT I DON'T THINK OUR OPERATION NUMBERS ARE UP IN A RW THOUGH EITHER.

IF I REMEMBER FROM THE LAST ONE WE'RE JUST SLIGHTLY OFF.

I THINK WE'RE SLIGHTLY DOWN AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING FUNDING FROM THE FAA, YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN THIS HOW MUCH THE FAA LOOKS AT HOW MANY TOTAL OPERATIONS AN AIRPORT HAS WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING FUNDING AND HOW MUCH, I DON'T, I KNOW THE NUMBER'S NOT ZERO, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW SIGNIFICANT IT IS.

IT'S, IT'S MORE SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UM, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY LOOK AT TOTAL OPERATIONS THAT BACK WHEN THE WHOLE STAR SYSTEM WAS BEING EVALUATED, AND NOW THAT'S OBSOLETE, BUT THE,

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SO THAT'S WHERE THE FULL NUMBER OF OPERATIONS COME INTO PLAY.

AS FAR AS A IP FUNDING, THAT'S ALL BASED ON UNEMPLOYMENTS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PEOPLE GETTING ON THE AIRPLANE.

ON THE, ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

THAT'S JUST ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

TRYING TO BUILD THAT TOO THOUGH, BRIAN.

YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP MONITORING.

I KEEP US UP TO DATE ON THAT.

UM, LESLIE, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, I JUST, I'M CURIOUS, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN FUEL PRICES BETWEEN UM, A RW AT HILTON HEAD? OH MY GOD, YES.

YES.

WELL'S ENORMOUS, PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND SO I, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, IN FAIRNESS, SO WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT THREE, WE OWN THE FBO AT A RW AND THAT FBO IS LEASED TO SIGNATURE, UM, AT HILTON HEAD.

THE FUEL PRICE IS HERE AT $3 A GALLON, MORE THAN AT A RW.

AND THAT PRICE HERE IS THE HIGHEST WITHIN 300 MILES A YEAR.

OH YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S, IT HITS ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES.

UH, AND SO NEXT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE, RICH, AT THE NEXT MEETING.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

THAT'S THE NEXT MEETING.

THE NEXT MEETING.

SO YOU'LL GIVE US ALL THE PROGRESS AND WHO'S ON IT? SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU ANN'S ON IT.

ANN'S ON IT AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS TO BE NAMED LATER.

SO WE HAVE UH, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CITIZEN COMMENT FOR TODAY? YEAH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR ANYTHING? YOU ALL GOOD? ALL GOOD? OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO I'M GONNA LOOK FOR UH, MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.