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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
ALL RIGHT.UH, I HAVE A CALL TO ORDER AND LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THAT WAY I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC NATION.
DEAR GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS FOIA.
[IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
THING WE NEED IS A MOTION OF THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.UH, ALL OPPOSED TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – MARCH 13, 2025 ]
OKAY.THE SECOND WOULD BE THE APPROVAL OF THE MIN MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 13TH MEETING.
UH, COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, DAVID.
I KNOW, BUT MARK'S HARDLY EVER HERE.
HE DOESN'T GET THE SECOND EVER.
SO, UH, WITH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE.
PROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING ON MARCH 13TH.
[VI. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limit comments to three minutes) ]
TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, AND PLEASE LIMIT IT TO THREE MINUTES.DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FROM BEHIND US? OKAY.
NOBODY CAN FIND FROM THOSE PEOPLE BEHIND ME.
DON'T TELL ME ABOUT THE BALD SPOT THAT I DON'T HAVE.
'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PAST.
AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM TV, LYNN? NO.
WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
[VII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]
UH, SO LET'S GO TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.THANK YOU FOR ADJUSTING AND, UH, FINDING YOUR WAY OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS TO, TO, TO BURN WELLS.
THE, THE BIG ONES ARE, AND THE BUGS.
LESLIE, YOU THINK YOU, YOU HADN'T LIVED IN THE SOUTH AT ALL, BUT I GUESS YOU'RE GETTING USED TO IT NOW, SO.
WE'LL STEP INTO THE REPORT HERE AND LET'S SEE.
FIRST OFF, BRANDON CHAVIS IS OUR NEW MANAGER, OUTTA A RW.
SO BRANDON COMES TO US FROM, UH, BARNWELL.
HE'S BEEN MANAGING BARNWELL FOR THE PAST EIGHT-ISH YEARS, I THINK.
HE'S GOT FAA GRANT EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND HE IS GOT TAP, BRIGHTON ELLINGTON EXPERIENCE TOO.
'CAUSE THEY WERE HIS CONSULTANTS AT BARNWELL.
SO THIS IS ABOUT AS SMOOTH TRANSITION AS WE CAN GET.
SO IT'S A GOOD THING, UH, OUTTA BARNWELL.
BRANDON HAD TO DO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN JOEL WAS HERE AS OUR MANAGER YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS, WE HAD A REALLY SMALL TEAM, KIND OF HAD TO DO EVERYTHING ON THE AIRFIELD SO BRANDON KNOWS HOW TO, HE KNOWS WHAT TO LOOK FOR, KEEP US, YOU KNOW, LOOKING GOOD, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S FUNCTIONAL.
UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
I THINK THAT THE TOUGH, TOUGHEST THING IS GONNA BE PULLING HIM OFF THE AIRFIELD TO DO SOME OF THE, THE, THE BUSINESS WORK SOMETIMES, BECAUSE I THINK HE REALLY IS PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING OUTSIDE IN THAT.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE.
AND, UH, HE IS RELOCATED HERE TO BEAUFORT, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM IN TOWN.
DAVID, IS HE THE REASON WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ALREADY ABOUT THE AIRPORT? NOT YET, NO.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S, UM, WHO'S DOING THAT? WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEY'RE, UH, IN THE BROAD KIND OF BROADCAST AND, AND PIO OFFICE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA OUT THERE, SO YEAH.
BUT HE'LL BE IN MORE OF THEM HOPEFULLY AS WE GET THINGS GOING.
OR I THINK I GOT A CREW CARD FROM BRANDON ONCE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
WELL, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE HERITAGE IS, UH, IS NEXT WEEK.
UH, THERE'S A, A MINOR TERM HAPPENING THIS WEEK, AND THEN, OF COURSE, BE OPEN TO OURS,
UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED YOU SEE PART OF THE AIRPORT CAMPUS BEING DECORATED WITH PLAID AND THE BANNERS AND EVERYTHING.
UM, THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE GETTING INSTALLED THIS WEEK.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE ON, UH, ON THE COORDINATION, BUT, UM, THINGS
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ARE HAPPENING.WE ARE SPONSORING AGAIN THIS YEAR, SO WE'LL BE OUT ON THE, UH, THE 10TH GREEN WITH THE, UH, OBSERVATION DECK, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE CLUB ON THE 18TH.
SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU FOLKS HAVE BEEN, UH, HAVE SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER OUT THERE, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND, UM, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE IT, WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THAT BOOTH OR AT THAT THE VENUE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.
WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ON EVERY SHIFT, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION TO, TO HAND OUT SOME GOODIES TO HAND OUT TO PEOPLE.
UM, BUT JUST COME RIGHT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
IF YOU WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE NONSTOP FLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, THE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE EASE OF OPERATION.
I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE, WE HAD FOLKS WHO WERE AT THE TOURNAMENT FROM LITERALLY ALL OVER THE, THE COUNTRY AND CANADA.
UH, AND SOME OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
AND, AND HAD THEY KNOWN, THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TRIED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO FLY DIRECTLY TO THE ISLAND.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS THIS YEAR IS THAT, UH, DELTA IS BACK IN SERVICE, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK.
SO THEY'RE HERE FOR THE TOURNAMENT.
UNITED IS BACK FOR THE TOURNAMENT, AND OF COURSE, AMERICANS BACK WITH SOME OF THEIR ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS.
SO ALL THREE AIRLINES ARE BACK IN TIME FOR THE TOURNAMENT, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
UH, PARKING LOT IS LOOKING FULL OVER THE, THE TERMINAL AS WELL.
SO, UM, THINGS ARE STARTING TO PICK UP AND, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, THE TOURNAMENT.
UM, MR. YOU, AT ONE POINT, YOU HAD A DIAGRAM THAT SHOWED, I THINK IT WAS 15 OR 16 CITIES THAT WE, THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE, IF, LIKE YOU SAY, IT'LL BE THERE.
I THINK, RIGHT, ROSA, WE'VE GOT THE CARDS WITH THE, THE ROUTE MAP ON THERE.
SO THAT SHOWS ALL THE CITIES THAT WE FLY TO THIS.
AND THOSE WILL BE TABLE TOPPERS, SO, AND I THINK THERE MAY BE A QR CODE ON THERE.
IT TAKES US, TAKES PEOPLE TO THE WEBSITE SO THEY CAN LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION IF THEY NEED TO.
LOOKS LIKE WE MAGICALLY ADVANCED TO ANOTHER SLIDE HERE.
HOW MANY DO WE GO PAST? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT NOPE, WE'RE GOOD.
YOU CAN'T SEE THAT REALLY WELL FROM HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ENORMOUS SCREEN THAT WE USUALLY DO, BUT, UM, SWING BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE TERMINAL.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
THE WINDOWS ARE ALL INSTALLED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HIGH DORMERS.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON INSIDE.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW A, A VIDEO HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, ON THE OUTSIDE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE DOING SOME WORK IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING, THE OLDER PART OF THE BUILDING.
AND THAT CANOPY IS NOW COMPLETELY INSTALLED.
THE WALKWAYS ARE INSTALLED, AND I THINK THE PAVING IS GONNA BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I THINK, STEVE, WE HAVE A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, SO WE'LL GET AN UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE, BUT PAVING OF THE SECOND TWO LANES WILL HAPPEN VERY SHORTLY.
SO EVERYTHING WILL BE, THAT PART OF IT WILL BE CLEANED UP AND OPERATIONAL AS THE SUMMER SEASON REALLY STARTS TO PICK UP.
AND THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY PICKING UP THERE.
OKAY, THIS IS WALKING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THE TERMINAL.
YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE NEW TSA SECURITY SCREENING CHECKPOINT.
SO JUST IMAGINE ALL THE STUFF AROUND YOU NOW, UNLESS YOU PRE-CHECK, YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR SHOES BACK ON, AND NOW YOU'RE WALKING AS IF YOU'RE GOING UP TOWARDS THE BOARDING GATES.
SO YOU SEE THE RAMP HERE THAT TAKES YOU UP TO THE BOARDING GATE AREA ON YOUR RIGHT.
IT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S A, THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM AND SOME, UH, UTILITY ROOMS THERE.
AND THEN CONCESSIONS IS BACK IN THERE AS WELL.
YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE MOVIE.
AND THEN THIS IS GONNA SWING AROUND AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THE GATE AREAS, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU OVER TOWARDS GATE ONE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE COMMON USE GATES.
WE'LL, WE'LL BASICALLY ASSIGN KIND OF PREFERRED GATES.
THIS WILL BE THE AMERICAN GATE AT GATE ONE AS OUR LEGACY CARRIER.
AND THEN, LET'S SEE, I THINK THIS NEXT ONE, YOU'VE JUST GOTTEN OFF THE AIRPLANE AT GATE TWO, AND YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE MAIN KIND OF CONCOURSE.
THEN YOU'RE GONNA TURN TO YOUR LEFT AND LOOK AT THE CONCESSION AREAS AND THE RESTROOM AREAS HERE.
AS WE DO THIS EACH MONTH, YOU'LL GET TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THIS TAKING SHAPE
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WHERE THOSE STEP LADDER ARE BEHIND.THERE IS KIND OF AN OPEN CONCESSION AREA.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CONCOURSE FOR ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONS.
LOTS OF WINDOWS IN THE BUILDING, SO A LOT OF NATURAL LIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW YOU'VE LEFT THE CONCESSIONS AND, AND THE, UH, THE RESTROOM AREA THAT'S KIND OF STRAIGHT AHEAD.
WOMEN'S RESTROOM, STRAIGHT AHEAD.
YOU'RE GONNA TURN TO THE RIGHT AS IF YOU'RE EITHER GONNA EXIT THE BUILDING OR GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE OLD BUILDING TO BAGGAGE CLAIM.
THIS LITTLE CORRIDOR THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE US WALK THROUGH HERE IS GONNA BE THE, THE NEW AUTOMATED EXIT LANE.
SO IT'LL BE A THREE DOOR SYSTEM WITH, UM, INFRARED SENSORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL THAT EXIT LANE.
THE DOOR WILL EN WILL OPEN, YOU'LL ENTER THE OTHER DOOR, WILL CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU, CLOSES, AND THEN THE NEXT DOOR OPENS AND IT WILL METER EVERYONE THROUGH THAT.
IT'S PRETTY, AND ALARMS GO OFF.
IF PEOPLE TRY TO GO THE WRONG WAY, IT SENSES BODY BODY'S GOING THE WRONG WAY.
THEN UP HERE YOU'RE GONNA GET A VIEW TO THE LEFT IS ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES OR EXITS FOR THE BUILDING.
AND THEN I'M GONNA SHOW AHEAD OF YOU.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE KIND OF A STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO THE RIGHT.
YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE NEW, WHERE THE TIE IN IS TO THE OLD BUILDING.
SO THAT'S THAT, THAT WALL AHEAD OF YOU THERE.
ALL THAT OLD STEEL HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT NOW, AND WE'RE CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO TIE THAT IN BACK OUT IN THE PARKING LOT HERE AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE NICE GREEN SPRING FOLIAGE.
I'M HAPPY WE HAVE BUG CONTROL.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S YOUR WALKTHROUGH OF THE TERMINAL.
WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT EACH MONTH AND JUST SHOW YOU HOW THAT, HOW THAT GROWS.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU THINK IT'S ADVISABLE PERHAPS TO INVITE, UH, INVITE OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE HILTON UN OFFICIALS TO DO A WALKTHROUGH DURING CONSTRUCTION, BUT AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS SO THERE'S NO ACTIVITY GOING ON OR ON A SATURDAY, JUST TO GIVE THEM A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF WHAT'S TAKING SHAPE? YEAH, WE, WE MAY DO THAT AS, AS THE INTERIOR GETS SHEET ROCKED UP, SO THE SPACES LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO, JUST SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
SOME PEOPLE CAN VISUALIZE IT AND, AND SOME CAN'T.
SO, BUT, UH, YEAH, PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD TO, TO TAKE EVERYBODY ON A LITTLE WALKTHROUGH.
WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S SAFE AND PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE, THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, SO I WANNA GET TO A A POINT WHERE THERE'S NOT SO MUCH ON THE FLOOR, NOT SO MANY WIRES, HOSES, LENGTHS OF PIPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU HAVE TO STEP OVER.
YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT NIMBLE TO GET THROUGH THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO
YOU CAN SEE HOW ALL THE SIDEWALKS HAVE GONE IN.
THERE'S A NICE OYSTER SHELL PAVING THERE, AND THAT'LL ALL BE CLEANED UP AND, UH, THAT THE OTHER TWO LANES OF ASPHALT BE INSTALLED SOON.
OKAY? A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS UP IN DC AND, UH, THERE'S PROOF OF THAT THERE.
UM, AT THAT TABLE, WE HAD SOME FOLKS FROM THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT.
WE HAD, UH, SOME JOE WILSON STAFFERS AND NANCY MAY STAFFERS THERE.
UM, BUT, BUT WE HAD, BETWEEN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, WE HAD 13 COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS REPRESENTED.
IT IS PROBABLY, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST DELEGATION OF AIRPORT DIRECTORS THAT GOES TO DC EACH YEAR.
I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER TWO STATE OR SINGLE STATE DELEGATION GOES AND VISITS THEIR STAFFS THE WAY WE DO.
SO THEY'VE SEEN US EVERY YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COVID YEAR, UM, FOR PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
AND SO WE JUST HIT THEM WITH THE STEADY DRUM DRUMBEAT OF THE FEDERAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME THIS YEAR WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WITH, WITH AVIATION SAFETY AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, SAFETY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY WAS IN LISTENING MODE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE MAJOR BULLETS THAT YOU SEE HERE,
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RIGHT BEFORE THE, UH, TRIP.AND THIS WASN'T COINCIDENTAL BECAUSE THERE WAS ALSO A BIG LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE GOING ON, BUT A CI, NORTH AMERICA PUT OUT A REPORT ABOUT AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND A SCE PUT OUT A REPORT THE SAME DAY THAT GRADED AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE US AS A D PLUS.
SO I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY DURING THIS DINNER TO TALK TO THE, THE TWO STATE, YOU KNOW, GROUP OF STAFFS.
WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 70 PEOPLE IN THERE.
UM, AND, AND JUST ASK THEM IF, IF YOU HAD A CHILD GOING THROUGH SCHOOL AND THEY RECEIVED A D PLUS ON YOUR REPORT CARD, WOULD YOU START PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT? MIGHT YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT? UM, AND A FEW PEOPLE LOOKED DOWN AT THEIR SHOES, AND A FEW PEOPLE SMILED AND CHUCKLED, BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT I NEED.
OUR NEW, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATIVE OR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OR WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING OUR COMMITTEE TO THINK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE SATISFIED WITH OUR AIRPORTS BEING A D PLUS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY? YOU KNOW, GIVEN WHAT WE FACE RIGHT NOW WITH THE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL NEWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE ARE.
SO THAT COUPLED WITH THE, THE INTENSE REGULATION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE WITH THE FA JUST BASICALLY TELLING US HOW TO USE EVERY DIME THAT WE GET IS WHAT I CALL STRANGULATION BY REGULATION.
UM, WE WERE UNANIMOUS IN THAT, THAT WE NEED THE, THE FEDS TO BACK OFF AND, AND LET AIRPORTS OPERATE AS BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE HELD TO THAT STANDARD LOCALLY.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE AT THAT STANDARD ON A STATE LEVEL.
AND THE FEDS WANT US TO BE AT THAT STANDARD AS WELL.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK TOWARDS FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SO WE NEED THEM TO BACK OFF.
SO WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE POWER IN THE AIRPORTS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE BUSINESS POWER IN THE AIRPORTS IF ONLY WE'RE ALLOWED TO EXERCISE THAT.
UM, THE DCA PERIMETER RULE, WE'VE BRIEFED THAT BEFORE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO GET CHIPPED AWAY AT.
AND THAT'S BY THE POLITICIANS, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR WEST COAST FOLKS WHO DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE METRO ALL THE WAY OUT TO DULLES.
THAT'S THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
SO WE NEED TO FIGHT THAT EVERY TIME IT COMES UP, BECAUSE IF THE PERIMETER RULE GETS VIOLATED, ALL THE AIRPORTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA COULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT.
SO WE DON'T DEFINITELY DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL SLOTS ADDED AT DCA, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE CONGESTION, AND THEN WE WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN REGIONAL ROOTS BEING PEELED OFF, WHICH WOULD BE US.
OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT INCREASING THE PFC.
UM, JUST LAST WEEK THERE WERE A, A COUPLE, UM, SENATORS WHO WERE, UH, IN FRONT OF, UM, COMMITTEES AND THEY WERE TESTIFYING ABOUT HOW, OR I'M SORRY, NOT SENATORS.
THEY WERE AIRPORT DIRECTORS IN FRONT OF A, A SENATE COMMITTEE TESTIFYING ABOUT HOW THE PSE REALLY NEEDS TO INCREASE, AS YOU FOLKS ALL KNOW IT, IT HASN'T, THE RATE HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE 2000.
SO IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE THAT RATE HAS INCREASED, AND THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE UP A LOT MORE THAN THAT FOR CERTAIN.
THE, UH, THE A CI REPORT, WHICH I CAN SEND TO ALL YOU FOLKS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD REPORT.
IT'S, IT'S 30 SOME PAGES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CASE STUDIES IN THERE TOO.
SO THE MEAT OF, IT'S ONLY ABOUT 14, 15 PAGES, BUT IT, IT DOES SPEAK TO THE PFC AND IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THAT THE PFC SHOULD BE AT NOW IN ORDER TO, UM, COVER FOR THE COST OF, OF INFLATION AND STUFF SINCE THE YEAR 2000, AND IT'S IN THE $10 AND CHANGE RANGE, AND THEN WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE TO COVER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, WHICH RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT $173 BILLION, AND THE FAA HAS $4 BILLION IN THEIR BUDGET.
SO IT'S ONLY GONNA TAKE A FEW YEARS TO GET ALL THAT DONE IN ORDER TO, FOR THE PFC, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, TO HELP THAT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT GET, UH, WHITTLED DOWN.
IT WOULD BE, HAVE TO BE IN THE $12 AND CHANGE RANGE.
SO IT, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET LEGISLATORS TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
THERE'S A VERY STRONG LOBBY AGAINST THE PFCS, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT, UM, IT DOES EXIST.
SO WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THAT, BUT IT IS FINALLY GETTING SOME, JOHN, WHAT'S IN TOTAL, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT NOW THOUGH FOR THE PFC $4 AND 50 CENTS? SO, SO WHAT YOU WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT TO MOVE IT UP, IT WOULD BE $8 PER TICKET, ROUGHLY PER PERSON INCREASE.
BUT IT GOES TO THE AIRPORTS, NOT THE AIRLINES GOES, IT GOES TO THE AIRPORTS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S, WELL, THE AIRLINES DO GET A HAND COLLECTING FEE, BUT IT, IT IS THE, IT IS THE AIRLINES LOBBY THAT OBJECTS TO IT, WHICH AGAIN, I, I, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM A COMMON SENSE PERS PERSPECTIVE, IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THE AIRLINES ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT LIST THAT WE COME UP WITH THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE PSC.
SO THEY, THEY'RE BOUGHT INTO THE PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE PROGRAM BEFORE WE
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SEND IT TO THE FAA FOR THEIR FINAL APPROVAL.SO THEY, THEY ARE AT THE TABLE WITH US.
THEY ARE A, OUR LOCAL AIRLINE FOLKS ARE THE TEAM MEMBERS IN OUR PFC APPLICATION, BUT BIG AIRLINE OBJECTS TO IT.
SO YOU CAN'T REALLY FIND THE, THE LOGIC IN IT, BUT IT, IT COMES DOWN TO POLITICS.
BUT I DID HAVE GOOD, UM, PERSONAL MEETINGS WITH SENATOR GRAHAM STAFF AND, AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE MESA'S STAFF.
WE'VE GOT SOME FOLLOW-UP ISSUES TO WORK ON.
UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT I CAN TOUCH ON IT NOW.
ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT CAME UP IN BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS IS THE, THE RADAR ISSUE IN THE TOWER.
THE LACK OF, UM, ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, VISUAL SYSTEM IN OUR TOWER.
AND ANYTIME I DESCRIBE TO THE STAFFERS WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN, IN THE SKY IN THIS AREA WITH, YOU KNOW, TO THE SOUTH, YOU'VE GOT SAVANNAH AND HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD.
WE'VE GOT THE NORTH SOUTH FLYWAY WITH COMMERCIAL, UH, PLANES.
WE'VE GOT FLIGHT SCHOOLS AT ALL THE AIRPORTS.
AND THEN NORTH OF THE BROAD, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION WITH, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF AIRCRAFT.
BUT DEFINITELY THE FAST MOVERS OUT THERE WITH TRAINING SQUADRONS AS WELL, WITH THE F 35 BS PLUS, WE'VE GOT FLIGHT SCHOOLS HERE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR OWN COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET INTO HILTON HEAD.
AND THE, THE, THE HELP IN THE SAFETY THAT WOULD BE, UH, INCREASED BY HAVING A, A VISUAL DISPLAY IN THE TOWER WOULD BE ENORMOUS.
AND THE STAFF, THE STAFF REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY GOT IT.
AND WE'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT TRYING TO, UH, WORK ON A PROJECT.
WE'RE GONNA TOUCH BASE WITH, UH, THE AIR STATION AGAIN AND SEE IF THERE'S A CHANCE OF MAYBE BEING ABLE TO GET A FEED FROM THE AIR STATION AND AT LEAST SEE THEIR RADAR PICTURE.
AND SENATOR GRAHAM'S MILITARY STAFF WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THAT.
WE HAD A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GAIN SOME TRACTION THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT THAT PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE AS TIME GOES ON, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS SAVANNAH IS SEEING ON THEIR RADAR, THE PLANES COMING INTO HILTON HEAD, BUT ALL THE PLANES THAT ARE TALKING TO HILTON HEAD TOWER ARE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH SAVANNAH AS THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE.
AND SO NOW SAVANNAH'S TELLING THE TOWER TO TELL PEOPLE TALKING TO THE TOWER WHAT TO DO, THAT'S A CRAZY SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE I'VE EVER FLOWN.
WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO BETTER.
AND, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OPINION PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT BY, UM, THERE'S A ONE THAT CAME OUT, I THINK LAST WEEK, UH, FROM A, AN AIRPORT IN COLORADO, AND IT'S GOT A FEDERAL CONTRACT TOWER LIKE OURS DOES.
AND THEY, THEY HAD PROPOSALS FOR A STARS LIKE SYSTEM.
BUT AGAIN, THE FAA IS NOT AUTHORIZING ANYTHING.
THEY, THEY HAVE BASICALLY TAKEN A POSITION THAT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THIS, WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE THIS.
WE, AND THERE ARE NO DATES PUT TO THIS, THERE'S NO FUNDING PUT TO THIS, THERE'S NO APPROVALS PUT TO THIS.
SO IT, IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING FOR THE FOLKS IN THE TOWER BECAUSE THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE CONTRACT, UH, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW THEIR COMPANY'S REGULATIONS AND THEIR COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO STAY IN THE GOOD GRACES OF THE FAA.
SO IT, IT'S A TREMENDOUS CONFLICT.
AND THE LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT OUR TOWER CONTROLLERS HAVE VARIES FROM CONTROL TO CONTROLLER.
WE HAVE ONE CONTROLLER NOW THAT'S LITERALLY HAVING HIS HEAD SPINNING WHEN THERE'S MORE THAN THREE AIRPLANES IN THE AREA.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE.
THEY'RE TURNING FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRPLANES AWAY FROM, UH, CHARLESTON BECAUSE OF IT.
THEY'RE YELLING AT STUDENTS AND THEY, THEY GET INTIMIDATED BY THAT AND TURN AROUND AND GO HOME.
IT'S JUST A BIG MESS, WHATEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT, AND AS YOU SAID, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW FOR, FOR THE BETTER PART OF FIVE YEARS, AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
WELL, WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AIR STATION, UH, TOWER FOLKS.
WE HAVE A REAL GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND, AND SEE KIND OF WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE.
IS IT FROM THE PRACTICAL SIDE, WHAT WE COULD DO AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU MAYBE FOR SOME SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, LETTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THIS DONE.
BUT I THINK IF WE, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD NANCY MESA STAFF IN THE TOWER AND THEY WERE AMAZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT UP THERE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO TAKE PEOPLE UP THERE AND, AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO, TO KIND OF ELEVATE THAT.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ON THAT.
UM, BUT WE DID HAVE A LEGISLATIVE TRIP TO THE STATE HOUSE AS WELL.
SO THE WEEK BEFORE I WENT TO DC I WAS UP IN COLUMBIA AND HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH A COUPLE OF OUR, UH, LOCAL DELEGATION UP THERE.
THE HOUSE WAS NOT IN SESSION, BUT THE SENATE WAS.
SO, WAS ABLE TO PULL TOM DAVIS OUT OF, UH, OUT OF HIS SESSION AND CHAT WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROJECTS.
SO HE'S ENGAGED WITH, UH, BOTH OUR, YOU KNOW, TERMINAL PROJECT AT HILTON HEAD AS WELL AS ST.
SO HE'S, HE'S UP TO SPEED ON ALL THAT.
WE DID HAVE CHECK-INS WITH BOTH DELTA AND UNITED, JUST KIND OF SEEING WHAT
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THEIR THOUGHTS WERE FROM LAST YEAR AND HOW ADVANCED BOOKINGS LOOK FOR THIS YEAR.BOTH OF 'EM SAY EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GREAT, SO THEY'RE HAPPY WITH, WITH THE, UH, CITIES THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FLYING TO.
AND, UM, THE ADVANCED BOOKINGS RIGHT NOW LOOK STRONG FOR THE SEASON ON, FOR BOTH OF THEIR PARTS.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY GET TO TALK TO AMERICAN.
UM, EVERY AIRLINE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO GET TO.
UH, BUT THEY'RE A LEGACY CARRIER AND THEY, THEY'RE MOVING THE MOST PEOPLE TO THE MOST PLACES.
SO THEY'LL LET US KNOW IF SOMETHING'S WRONG.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THEIR BUSINESS AS USUAL, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
FROM THE AIRLINE SIDE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT RADAR, UM, JUST THERE'S, AND THEN PROJECT BIDS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UM, ANYBODY'S OUT THERE IN TV LAND, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE A CONTRACTOR OR CONCESSIONAIRE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE BUFORT COUNTY WEBSITE WHERE THE JOB OR THE BID OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
WE WILL HAVE AN AIRFIELD DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BID RELATIVELY SOON, RIGHT? SO IT'S, NO, IT'S OUT FOR BID.
IT'S OUT FOR BID OPEN BIDS NEXT.
YEAH, WE'RE OPEN BIDS ON THAT NEXT WEEK.
WE OPEN BIDS NEXT WEEK FOR THE TOWER IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY NEXT COUPLE YEARS AS IT ALWAYS IS, BUT GOOD OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR FOLKS.
UM, AND THEN JUST AN UPDATE ON THE, THE APRON AND NIAS HERE FROM SIGNATURE.
SO IF SHE CAN ATTEST THAT SIGNATURE IS FULL YES.
SO IF WE HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF SHOEHORNING THIS WEEK WHEN THIS, WE HAD SOME, SOME FOLKS TRYING TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF JETS IN THERE AND, UM, A LOT OF COMINGS AND GOING, SO THANKS IN ADVANCE TO SIGNATURE AND THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL HAVE.
SO, UM, IT'LL BE GOOD, BUSY, EXCITING WEEK.
SO PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER AND, UM, WE'LL DO WHAT WE DO.
JOHN, AS IT RELATES TO PROJECTS OR AS FOR EXECUTIVES STILL PLAN TO HAVE THE RUNWAY CLOSURE THAT END OF A END OF APRIL.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT EMAILS OUT AND PROBABLY UPDATE FACEBOOK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT FIRST PHASE OF THAT PROJECT WILL BE THE DRAINAGE THAT GOES PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY.
IT WON'T BE THE ACTUAL RUNWAY WORK, IT'S THE OFF RUNWAY WORK.
AND THEN IT'LL BE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
WE HAVEN'T NAILED A DATE DOWN YET THAT WE'LL DO THE RESURFACE THE OVERLAY ON THE RUNWAY.
SO QUESTION ABOUT CONCESSIONS AND RESTAURANTS WITH BID OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'LL, WE'LL PUT OUT AN RFP FOR THAT 'CAUSE I THINK WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE NEW BUILDING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE CONCESSIONAIRES IN THERE.
JOHN, WHAT'S THE, UM, TOWER MESSAGE TO PILOTS, PRIVATE PILOTS WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO FLY IN FOR THE WEEKEND? UH, NOW THAT SIGNATURE IS FULL UP, HAS NO RAM SPACE, WHAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT'LL BE CONVEYED TO A TRANSITION PILOT WHO'S NOT AWARE THAT SIGNATURE IS FULL? WELL, HOPEFULLY MOST PILOTS ARE CALLING AHEAD OF TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
I KNOW SIGNATURE ALWAYS PREFERS THAT IF, IF THEY DO KIND OF TRY TO CHECK IN.
WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THEM AND I GUESS WE CAN ASK SIGNATURE WOULD THEY RECOMMEND AND TALK TO THE, THE TOWER.
BUT I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH THAT.
SO I THINK THEY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF MANAGING THAT TRAFFIC.
YOU COULD PUT OUT A NODOM TO SAY THAT THE THE RAMP IS FULL AND TO CALL AHEAD THAT SOMETIMES HELPS.
UM, THAT'S ONE SUGGESTION I THINK THAT HAS TO COME FROM, FROM YOU.
A QUESTION I HAVE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPETING WITH SAVANNAH FOR PASSENGERS.
ARE YOU, HAVE YOU HAD ANY TALK WITH THE AIRLINES ABOUT WHY WE DON'T HAVE ANY FLIGHTS IN HERE PAST 5 36 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT ANYMORE? BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING FROM WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING HERE, UH, MAKING THAT CONNECTION IN CHARLOTTE OR WHATEVER.
WE USED TO HAVE FLIGHTS YEARS AGO THAT GOT HERE AS LATE AS 1130 AT NIGHT.
UM, AND YET YOU CAN STILL GO TO SAVANNAH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
IS THERE, MAYBE THEY DON'T WANNA LEAVE A PLANE HERE OVERNIGHT OR HAS THERE EVER BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? THEY DID HAVE A, AN OVERNIGHT HERE YEARS AGO, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FOR A WHILE.
SO, BUT WE CAN ASK ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BRING IN MORE PFC MONEY TOO, IF YOU HAD MORE PEOPLE COMING.
WE'LL TAKE IT EVERY, EVERYTHING ELSE A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR JOHN? NO.
UH, WE MAY WANT TO DO, UH, A PILOT MEETING.
JUST INTRODUCE BRANDON AT A RW.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE ONE IN A WHILE ANYHOW, SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
AND ALSO, UH, KIND OF HIT ABOUT
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THE, THE, UM, SUMMER CLOSURE THAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP.BUT WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET ON THE SUMMER ONE, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO AT LEAST HAVE HIM A, WITH A HEADS UP ON, ON IT ABOUT IT.
UM, CHAIRMAN, I CHAIRMAN, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, JOHN, IF I HAVE A SECOND.
JOHN, YOU MAY, MAY BE, UH, APPROACHING THIS IN YOUR NEXT TALK, BUT LAST TIME WE WERE GATHERED, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT A GRANT THAT SENATOR DAVIS WAS TRYING TO TO GET YOU MAYBE 2 MILLION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT OR IS THAT PART OF YOUR NEXT TALK? I HAD ANOTHER TALK.
MAYBE YOU SCHEDULED ME FOR SOMETHING.
UM, NO, THAT, THAT WAS PART OF MY VISIT TO THE STATE HOUSE COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I, WHEN I MET WITH SENATOR, UM, DAVIS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TWO APPLICATIONS WE HAVE IN, ONE FOR THE TERMINAL, ONE FOR ST.
SO HE'S GOT THAT THE HOUSE HAS IT AND THE SENATE HAS IT TO START MOVING IT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO BOTH OF THEM HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT THEY NEED, UH, AND NOW IT'S, IT'S IN THEIR HANDS TO WORK IT INTO THE BUDGET.
JUST MAKING SURE IF WE CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY, LET'S KNOW.
I THINK ANY, ANY SUPPORT THAT GOES FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY TO THE STATE HOUSE, UM, FOR ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNTY ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
IS THAT, UH, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, RIGHT? UM, BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
'CAUSE WE'RE IN A FISHING COMMITTEE AND WE GET STUFF DONE.
[IX.1. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR]
AND SO THE ACTION ITEM, UH, WE GOT, UH, IS ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR JUST THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
AND CAN WE DO BOTH OF 'EM TOGETHER? WE HAVE TO DO 'EM INDIVIDUALLY, DON'T WE? SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION AND THEN A SECOND FOR EACH PERSON.
YEAH, I THINK YOU NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I JUST, I WANT A MOTION OF, OF YOU RETAIN THE SEAT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
HEY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
IS THAT, IS THAT ALLOWED? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT YEAH,
SO LET'S JUST MOVE ON TO A VOTE THEN.
THIS WENT WAY BETTER THAN MY ELECTION FOR CLASS PRESIDENT IN EIGHTH GRADE.
I'LL BE CHAIRMAN FOR ONE MORE YEAR.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO VICE CHAIR.
UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION THAT JIM UH, MADE? THERE WE GO.
BRIAN? UH, ANYONE OPPOSED? THEN IT PASSES.
[IX.2. FY2026 BUDGET - RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AIRPORTS DEPARTMENT FY2026 PROPOSED BUDGET]
SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NOW OPTION TWO OR NOT OPTION TWO, ACTION.ITEM TWO, WHICH IS, UM, FISCAL YEAR 2026.
BUDGET RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE AIRPORTS DEPARTMENT, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2026, PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, IS THERE ANY, UH, DISCUSSION ON THIS AT ALL ON THE BUDGET? WE PRETTY MUCH, HE WENT, BRIAN WENT OVER IT LAST MEETING AND I, YEAH.
AND THEN I HAVE THE BUDGET FOR YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MR. CHAIRMAN, I SPENT AN HOUR PLUS WITH, UH, BRIAN JOHN, UH, ON ON, AND STEVE REVIEWING THE NUMBERS.
SO WHAT HE PRESENTS TODAY HAS BEEN REVIEWED IN DETAIL.
UH, WE MADE SOME TWEAKS AND THAT WAS IT.
I CAN SEE THE BAR MOVING AT THE BOTTOM.
THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S LEAST IT'S NOT THE WHEEL OF DECK.
DISPLAYING THE HILTON HIT TUNNEL.
THAT'S THE WRONG, THAT'S THE WRONG, IT'S THE WRONG ONE.
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BUT I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN PRESENTATION.OH YEAH, THEY DID IT LIKE THIS.
I MEAN THAT, THAT'S ALL WE'RE GONNA, RIGHT? YEAH.
DID THAT ONE, I WASN'T SURE IF EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT OR NOT OR NO.
YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, I LOOK AT IT.
YOU GOING THROUGH THE CHANGES? ALRIGHT, FOR A SECOND.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS OUR REVIEW.
OKAY, I'LL GO RUN THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, JUST GO THROUGH THE MAJOR VARIANCES, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, THAT'S OUR HILTON HEAD AT TAX THAT YOU SEE THERE.
FOR $150,000 CHARGES FOR SERVICES.
THAT INCREASE OF $341,000 IS BASICALLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INCREASED COST RECOVERY FEES THAT WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.
THAT IS A PRELIMINARY NUMBER RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THAT WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, THAT SHOULD BE FINALIZED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, BUT NOT APPROVED YET BY THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THOSE NUMBERS, RIGHT? IT'S WORTHWHILE NOTING 3% IS, IS BUDGETING THAT THAT HADN'T BEEN COOKED INTO THESE NUMBERS.
UM, PURCHASES, YOU'LL SEE THAT BUDGET WENT DOWN.
THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE, THE FAA COMPLIANCE FEE WE HAD TO PAY.
AND THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF PURCHASES FOR THIS PRESENT FISCAL YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE WERE ACTUALLY UNDER BUDGETED ON OUR SUPPLY BUDGET AND WE WERE GOING AROUND HAVING TO DO BUDGET TRANSFERS.
IT WASN'T THAT ANYBODY WAS OVERSPENDING, IT WAS JUST THAT WE WERE UNDER BUDGETED.
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD WHEN WE DO TRANSFERS WITH THE COUNTY FROM OTHER LINE ITEMS. THEY DON'T LIKE THAT.
SO THIS FISCAL YEAR, IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH, UM, IN JUST INCREASE INCREASED COST IN GENERAL, UM, OUR PREVIOUS, UM, SHORTFALL RF ALSO NEEDS SOME MEDICAL ITEMS THIS YEAR.
I, I WAS A LITTLE BULKY ON IT, JUST TO BE SAFE.
NOT THAT WE NECESSARILY WANNA SPEND THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED 'CAUSE WE WANNA PROFIT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT JUST SO IT'S THERE SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM.
UM, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT YOU'LL SEE THAT'S BUDGETED FOR $861,000.
THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE WHEN THE SALARIES NUMBER IS UPDATED.
UM, I'M GONNA GO TO, JUST TO GO REAL QUICKLY, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I HOPE.
CAN YOU SCROLL TO THE NEXT ONE RIGHT HERE? THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT OUR CAPITAL BUDGET IS AND WHAT IT WILL BE BUDGETED AT FOR THE END OF THE DAY IS THE 536,000.
AND THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT MAKE UP THAT 536,000 THAT ARE NEEDED FOR HXD AIRPORT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE? THAT'S IT.
SO ON THAT, UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
ONE ON THE PERSONNEL, IF YOU'RE DOING ON THE PERSONNEL, IS THAT ALSO GOING IN? UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOTHING IN THERE FOR, UM, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, KIND OF THAT PERSONNEL AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT STUFF WE HAVE THAT GOES OUT AS WELL.
UH, LIKE CONTRACT WORKERS, WE WOULD HAVE, SO, SO PERSONNEL IS OUR STAFF.
RIGHT? STRAIGHT ALL PERSONNEL.
SO THEN IT'S UNDER THE PURCHASES THEN THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE PURCHASES.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA BACK OFF ON THE, UH, WE OVERESTIMATE ON THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY JUST TO HAVE THE BUDGET BALANCE.
AND THEN THE FIVE 50 THAT CAME IN, THAT'S BASICALLY MONEY MADE FROM LAST
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YEAR, FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE'RE ESTIMATING.YEAH, I, I SHOULDN'T GONNA BE SKIPPED OVER THAT.
LET ME EXPLAIN THAT ONE FOR THE, ON THE REVENUE SECTION.
BASICALLY, CAN WE GO BACK A SLIDE AGAIN? THIS, UM, $550,000 THAT YOU SEE ON THE REVENUE SIDE THAT WE HAVE THAT ALLOCATED THERE, THAT'S CONTRIBUTED FROM OUR PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE EXCESS.
AND THE REASON WE HAVE THAT MONEY THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A, A PROBLEM IN THE PAST, IF WE WANT TO SAY FOR 26 HUNTER ROAD, WE HAVE TO DO THAT RENOVATION.
WE NEED A BUDGETED LINE ITEM FOR THAT IN ORDER TO PAY INVOICES THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS, AND THEY ALLOWED US TO DO, WAS, UM, ALLOCATE A POTENTIAL 250,000 FOR THE HUNTER ROAD RENOVATION AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL 300,000.
AND THAT'S FOR BUILDING DEMO FOR FAA COMPLIANCE.
AND JOHN, I DON'T KNOW IF OR YOU'D WANT TO EXPOUND ON THAT.
YEAH, I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, AS I MENTIONED IN THE PAST, WE'VE GOT, AND I SAID THIS IN DC AS WELL, WE SPEND A GOOD BIT OF OUR TIME AND MONEY, MOST OF OUR MONEY JUST TRYING TO COMPLY WITH FAA REQUIREMENTS STANDARDS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, THE, THE COMMERCIAL TAXIWAY NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED.
IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY, RUNWAY BASED ON THE CLASS OF, OF AIRPLANE WE HAVE NOW, NOW IT FUNCTIONS AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINE.
WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THE FAS GOOD GRACES.
BUT TO BE IDEALLY COMPLIANT, WE, WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK THERE.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT THE AIRPORT AND THE COUNTY HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE, UH, AIRPORT.
AND HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS ALLOCATED FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, END OF THE YEAR BALANCE INTO OUR ACTIVE BUDGET, SO TO SPEAK, SO THAT WE CAN ACCESS THEM, ALLOWS US, IF THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES TO DEMOLISH SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND THEN SHOW PROGRESS TO THE FAA BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO DEMAND THAT WE SHOW INCREMENTAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING THAT STANDARD.
THAT COULD JUST BE DEMOLISHING A COUPLE OF THESE BUILDINGS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO MOVE SOME OF THESE FUNDS FROM A PURELY, YOU KNOW, PROFIT LINE ITEM IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, TO A, A, A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET WHERE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY ACCESSIBLE AND LIQUID TO US.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE, UH, AND, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO AND COORDINATE WITH THE CFO AND EVERYTHING.
JOHN, CAN YOU DO THE RENOVATION? JUST WHAT THAT OH, SURE.
CONTAINS ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THE, UH, THE COUNTY PURCHASED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN ANTICIPATION OF THE, UH, THE TERMINAL PROJECT AND THE, THE DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WAS 26 HUNTER ROAD.
THERE'S ONE BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY THAT, THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO ULTIMATELY BE DEMOLISHED AS PART OF A PROJECT, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE AIRPORT BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR ADMIN BUILDING IS SLATED FOR DEMOLITION.
SO ONCE AGAIN, ADMIN WILL HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.
WE'VE BEEN CHASED AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR THE 11 AND A HALF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN TRAILERS, WE'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A SHED.
UM, SO THE, IT'S WHERE WE, WE DO MORE WITH LESS.
I MEAN, WE, WE DEFINITELY DO NOT HAVE LUXURY DIGS AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE LEAVE THAT FOR THE CUSTOMERS.
BUT, UM, 26 HUNTER ROAD IS, IS A FORMALLY A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND IT'S GONNA BE RENOVATED AND WE'RE GONNA ADD SPACE TO THAT SO THAT ALL OF OUR ADMIN AND SECURITY FUNCTION CAN BE IN ONE PLACE.
THE ADDED BENEFIT OF THAT IS IT'S OUTSIDE THE DEFENSE LINE SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS, VISITORS AND THAT SORT OF THING, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE CLEARED THROUGH A, A GATE TO COME AND SEE US.
IT'S GONNA BE A, UM, A DESIGN AND AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE'LL UNDERTAKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE WENT OVER CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, UM, LOCAL GRANT MATCH.
THAT'S BASICALLY OUR, OUR PORTION THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR SCSD GRANT TO A, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THERE THAT WE PAY.
UM, THAT'S GONE UP, THAT'S GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT SINCE THAT WE'VE EXPENDED SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, DEPRECIATION EXPENSE, IT'S INCREASED.
WE'VE BOUGHT SOME MORE EQUIPMENT.
STUFF ISN'T DROPPING OFF AS QUICKLY AS WE'RE PUTTING IT ON.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HILTON HEAD HXD? NO, SEE IF THIS WORKS.
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ONE MORE PLEASE.THIS IS OUR, ARE OUR FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE HAVE FOR HXD.
UM, IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT A LITTLE SMALLER SO IT FITS TO THE SCREEN.
THE AMOUNTS ARE WHAT IS BUDGETED AND OUR FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE OUR BUDGET.
ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR GRANTS? NO.
THIS IS OUR HX LEE STAKE GRANT AND ENTITLEMENT SUMMARY.
AND THAT BUDGET IS AT APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION.
THERE'S A LOT OF THEM
HERE'S OUR BUFORD EXECUTIVE, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, CHARGES FOR SERVICES THAT SHOWS 104 OR $105,000, $104,000 IN, UM, DECREASE
UM, BASICALLY THAT, THAT WAS, THAT THE WAY THAT THAT'S BUDGETED FOR CHARGES FOR SERVICES.
WE HAD, UM, LET'S SEE, I'M ON THE WRONG SLIDE HERE.
THAT DECREASE IS MAINLY A REDUCTION FOR WHAT I BUDGETED FOR, UM, AVGAS BUDGET FOR REVENUE.
BASICALLY IT WAS OVER BUDGETED OR OVERESTIMATED THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND I WANTED TO NORMALIZE THAT OUT.
I LOOKED AT HISTORICALS, WHAT'S HAPPENED, WILL WE EXPECT THE FUTURE HAPPEN? AND I, I THINK THE BUDGET SHOULD BE LOWERED FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT DECREASE IS BECAUSE I, I DON'T, I THINK I OVER BUDGETED ON REVENUES LAST YEAR OR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, THAT TRANSFERS IN.
THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR ARPA THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE HANGAR PROJECT.
'CAUSE IT COMES OUTTA THE EXPENSES FURTHER DOWN.
CHRIS AND PERSONNEL, THAT'S A PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY NUMBER AS WELL.
I LOOKED AT WHAT THE COUNTY'S PROPOSING AS FAR AS WHAT THEY, THEY THOUGHT WELL THINK IT WILL BE.
IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
THAT NUMBER'S NOT GONNA CHANGE MUCH.
UM, PURCHASES IS PRETTY MUCH EVEN KEEL.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER ONE SITE DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, THAT'S BASICALLY TO HAVE THE BUDGET BALANCE OUT AT ZERO.
UM, AND ACTUALLY I I KIND OF CALL THAT A SAFETY NET IN CASE SOMETHING BREAKS AT THE AIRPORT THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE.
'CAUSE BECAUSE THAT DOES HAPPEN AND PURCHASES IS ENTERPRISE THAT NUMBER.
I READJUSTED THAT BASED ON HISTORICALS.
IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT DOING THESE BUDGETS BASED ON WHAT OUR GROSS MARKUP IS ON FUEL AND WE MATCH THAT TO WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE FOR, WHAT OUR EXPENSES SHOULD BE.
AND THAT NUMBER IS ADJUSTED DOWNWARD AS WELL.
UM, OR IT, A SIMPLE WAY OF SAYING THAT IS, IS THE, THE DECREASE IN THE REVENUE UP TOP IS BALANCED BY DECREASE IN EXPENSE IN THE BOTTOM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON RW? THIS IS BASICALLY OUR FEDERAL GRANT SUMMARY FOR A A RW HERE.
AND THAT BUDGET SET AROUND 2.8 MILLION.
AND THIS IS A R OOPS, GO BACK ONE.
THIS IS A R W'S STATE GRANT AND ENTITLEMENT SUMMARY.
AND THAT'S AT AROUND 1.5 NUMBER MILLION.
THOSE NUMBERS MOVE QUICKLY THOUGH BECAUSE THESE GRANTS, AS SOON AS YOU PAY INVOICES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A GRANT, WHETHER IT BE STATE OR FEDERAL, WE'RE DOING AN IN AND OUT WITH THAT MONEY.
SO THAT REWARD AMOUNT CAN VARY PRETTY QUICKLY FROM WEEK TO WEEK.
SO IT'S JUST A MOVING TARGET THAT WE TRY TO BUDGET CORRECTLY.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT DO WE HAVE? SO JIM AND I ASKED THIS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
SO WE HAVE THE DEPRECIATION ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, WHICH IT'S DONE.
THIS IS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING VERSUS, YOU KNOW, UH, PRIVATE PRACTICE ACCOUNTING.
SO WE GOT A DEPRECIATION FACTOR THAT WE BRING IN THAT BRINGS IT INTO THE BUDGET.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT'S A NON-CASH ITEM, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE, SO THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES IS, OKAY, SO JUST TAKE UH, HILTON HEAD FOR EXAMPLE.
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SET UP FOR THAT DEPRECIATION.THEN THAT GOES REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM MY STANDPOINT ON THE PRIVATE SECTORS, THAT'S $450,000 WE'VE MADE.
BUT WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE THEN THAT THE WAY THAT THE COUNTY DOES IT, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, IS WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN CHECKING ACCOUNT.
IT'S, WE HAVE AN A BALANCE, A FUND BALANCE THAT WE KNOW THAT IS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME THAT'S IN THERE THAT WE, WE CAN UTILIZE.
UM, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE NUMBER.
THE HOPE IS TO HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE THAT, THAT, THAT CONTINUES.
THEN WE CAN UTILIZE THAT INTO INCREASING AND INTO THE BUDGET.
THE HARD PART FOR YOU GUYS IS WE HAVE THIS EXTRA CASH.
IF WE PUT IT IN, WE GOTTA PUT IT IN ON THE TOP LINE SO THAT WE CAN USE IT ON THE BOTTOM LINE.
AND THAT REVENUE COMES BACK IN AS CASH IS REALLY RETAINED.
EARNINGS IS WHAT IT IS EXACTLY.
AND I MEAN LIKE THAT, THAT NUMBER FOR THIS YEAR WHERE YOU TAKE THAT 400,000 SAY OR TOTAL OF FOUR OR 500,000, DOES THAT GO UP TO THE TOP NEXT YEAR? SO WE KEEP A RUNNING TAB OR DOES IT GO AWAY? IT DEPENDS HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE IT WITH THE BUDGET, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ANY PROFIT THAT WE HAVE WILL END UP IN EQUITY AND POOL CASH ON OUR BALANCE SHEET.
WE CAN PULL UP FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IF WE HAD THAT FOR EVERY LET FOR INSTANCE, I JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT COME UP
UM, OUR EQUITY AND CASH, OUR EQUITY AND POOLED CASH BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS 2.7 MILLION ON OUR BALANCE SHEET.
IS THAT AVAILABLE THAT TO USE OR IS THAT JUST A BOOKKEEPING BALANCE? IT IT, IT'S AVAILABLE TO USE, BUT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WE IN THE BUDGET WHAT WE WANT TO USE IT FOR.
IT'S AVAILABLE TO USE IF YOU CREATE THE BUDGET ITEM.
SO I CAN'T GO SAY TODAY WE WANT TO USE THIS MONEY.
WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE $550,000 FOR THE RENOVATION DOWN AND IDENTIFY THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED SOME OF THIS MONEY TO GO FOR.
SO NOW IN 26 WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANT TO ATTACK THOSE TWO PROJECTS.
WE PUT THAT IN OUR BUDGET AND WE STILL HAVE THAT OVER THERE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WE WANTED TO USE THAT MONEY FOR.
BUT LET'S, I THINK WE GOTTA BE SMART WITH HOW WE USE IT.
RIGHT? BUT LET, LET'S SAY MID-YEAR YOU CAME ACROSS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T KNOW, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I MEAN, A BUDGET IS JUST TO ME, BUT I'M ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
A BUDGET IS JUST A ROADMAP AND THAT ROADMAP CAN BE CHANGED FOR, UH, INSTANTANEOUS NEEDS.
CAN YOU GO TO THE COUNTY AND SAY, HEY LOOK, WE'RE GONNA MOVE 550,000 THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LA WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING.
WE DO HAVE THE SURPLUS BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE IS ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERYTHING WE HAVE.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THEN YOU HAVE TO JUMP INTO A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND JUMP THROUGH ALL THOSE HOOPS.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, IT'S GOING TAKE TAKES TIME.
THE OTHER WAY YOU CAN HANDLE IT IS SAY YOU WEREN'T GONNA UTILIZE THAT ENTIRE 550,000 AND YOU, YOU REALIZE THAT MIDYEAR, BUT SOMETHING ELSE CAME UP, THEN YOU CAN ASK OR IF, CAN WE DO A TRANSFER OR CAN WE USE THIS MONEY FOR SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS INTENDED FOR BECAUSE WE CAME UP WITH THIS UNEXPECTED SITUATION.
HOW SPECIFIC DO YOU HAVE TO BE INTERNALLY? WE TRY TO, AS WE CAN BE.
SO WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE IDENTIFIED GEO LINES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT APPROVED BY THE, BY THE COUNTY.
THAT'S WHERE THE TIME ELEMENT COMES IN.
SO YOU COULD PUT IN FOR EQUIPMENT KNOWING THAT YOU MAYBE DIDN'T NEED THE EQUIPMENT, BUT IT'S THERE SO THAT YOU HAVE THE AVAILABILITY.
'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T USE IT, IT JUST MOVES INTO THE NEXT YEAR AND THAT, BUT IT GIVES YOU A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
WE DO THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE CAPITAL SIDE OF IT.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR SAFETY NET.
WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, WE HAVE SOME FUNDS NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED TO A PARTICULAR GL ITEM.
UH, SO THAT KIND OF GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE TRANSFERS AND, OKAY.
YOU MENTIONED THE FIGURE 2.7 MILLION THAT'S THERE.
THE COUNTY'S NOT GONNA STEAL IT.
I AS LONG AS I KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
YEAH, I I CAN SAY A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THAT.
NUMBER ONE, I'M GOING TO UM, GIVE BRIAN A KUDOS BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT 2.7 MILLION IF BRIAN AND HIS TEAM WERE NOT WORKING THIS GRANT SYSTEM AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARE.
WE USED TO HAVE TIMES IN THE, IN THE PAST WHERE IT WOULD BE 12 TO 18 MONTHS BEFORE WE DID GRANT REIMBURSEMENT DRAWS.
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AND SO OUR EQUITY IN POOL CASH WAS MINUS $2 MILLION.WE HAD IT, WE COULD DRAW IT, WE JUST HADN'T DONE IT.
NOW THAT WE'VE BROUGHT FINANCE IN HOUSE, WHEN BRIAN SAID WE'RE THESE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING WEEKLY, THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S DOING REIMBURSEMENT DRAWS FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDS.
EVERY TIME WE PAY AN INVOICE, WE'RE NOT SAVING UP INVOICES AND DOING 'EM EVERY FEW MONTHS.
WE'RE DOING 'EM AS WE INCUR THE EXPENSES.
SO OUR CASH PICTURE IS THE BEST IT'S EVER BEEN AND IT'S MORE REALISTIC THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.
SO IT ALLOWS US TO SEE A TRUER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, SO WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THAT
THE COUNTY CAN, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO WHAT WHAT THAT GOES TO IS FEDERAL LAW.
AND SINCE THE AIRPORTS ARE, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS SINCE ONE OF OUR MANDATES IS TO BECOME FINANCIALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT AND BECAUSE WE ARE BOUND BY SPONSOR ASSURANCES WHEN WE USE FEDERAL FUNDS AND STATE FUNDS, WE CANNOT, THE COUNTY CANNOT DIVERT REVENUE FROM THE AIRPORT FUND TO THE COUNTY FUND.
IT IS SPELLED OUT IN MANY DIFFERENT TERMS ON HOW NOT TO DO THAT.
SO YES, OUR MONEY IS OUR MONEY AT THE AIRPORT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN USE AIRPORT REVENUE FOR.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN'T, BUT IT CANNOT BE SIPHONED OUT OF AN AIRPORT DEPARTMENT AND PUT INTO A COUNTY GENERAL FUND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MAKE A MOTION.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU GUYS NEED ME.
YOU GUYS ARE JUST SELF SUFFICIENT.
DO WE HAVE, UH, RICH ON FIRST AND WE GOT JIM ON A SECOND.
UH, BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, UH, OVER THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND, AND EXPLAINING IT.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT WAS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT FOR US TO HAVE YOU COME ON BOARD.
SO YOU HAVE, UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE BOARD.
ANY, UH, ANYONE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, BUDGET PASSES.
[IX.3. CONTRACT AWARD - RECOMMENDATION OF PARKING MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT TO ELITE PARKING SERVICES OF AMERICA]
ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A CONTRACT AWARD RECOMMENDATION OF PARKING MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT TO ELITE PARKING SERVICES OF AMERICA, WHICH WAS PUT IN OUR PACKET.YEAH, I'LL LET STEVE, I STAND BY OR YOU CAN GO, JOHN, YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING.
DO WE, WELL, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UP THERE.
SO WE WERE UP AT THE END OF OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR CURRENT PARKING CUSTOMER, UH, VENDOR AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT IN THE TERMINAL PARKING LOT.
UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, I'VE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE POTENTIAL FOR REVENUE.
SO WE HAVE A GA PARKING LOT, WE HAVE THE TERMINAL PARKING LOT.
I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH HOW FUNDS ARE, HOW REVENUE IS GENERATED.
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO AT THE END OF THIS CONTRACT IS WE PUT OUT FOR BID A NEW A PARKING VENDOR.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME, UH, BUT I PUT VERY SPECIFICALLY IN THE SCOPE OF WORK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
I'M LOOKING FOR GATES, AUTOMATED GATES, UH, JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER AIRPORT HAS THAT.
AND WHAT THAT WILL REDUCE IS PEOPLE NOT BEING HONEST BY PAYING A KIOSK AND POSSIBLY GETTING AWAY WITH IT.
WE LOSE A LOT OF REVENUE WITH THAT.
WE, UH, FOUND, WE HAD QUITE A FEW VENDOR REQUESTS IN THE BID AND ULTIMATELY WHEN WE CAME DOWN TO, I THINK RICH, YOU WERE ON THERE TO HELP VOTE FOR WHO WE PICKED AND WE PICKED ELITE PARKING.
UM, IT'S KIND OF A, A HYBRID APPROACH.
'CAUSE ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL TAKE THIS ON AS THE AIRPORT AND MANAGE IT OURSELVES AT THE AIRPORT.
EVEN IF I HAD TO HIRE A COUPLE STAFF TO DO IT.
THEY, THEY BROUGHT IN A, A HYBRID APPROACH WHERE THEY MANAGED THIS AT A CALL CENTER.
UM, OH, WHAT'S THE PARKING TAG VIDEO ID CALLED? UM, UH, LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION.
YEAH, LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION.
SO IN A SENSE, GATES WILL GO IN, UH, CAMERA WILL IDENTIFY THE LICENSE PLATE AND THAT'S WHEN THE TIME STARTS.
AND THEN THEY'LL GO TO THE EXIT GATE AND A CAMERA WILL CAPTURE THAT SAME LICENSE PLATE.
AND THAT'S HOW IT IDENTIFIES THE COST IN THEIR CAR.
THEIR WAR ROOM IS WHAT I CALL IT, CALL CENTER.
THERE'S SOMEBODY MONITORING OUR CAMERAS EVERY SINGLE DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO HOW THAT WORKS 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY DO IT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PASS THROUGH IF THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. UM, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HELP PEOPLE VIA VIDEO.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF SOMETHING CAN'T HAPPENS, THEY JUST OPEN THE GATE.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY TIMES WHERE PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE LET OUT BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T, SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING.
UH, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ON THE AIRPORT SIDE IS TO,
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UH, THEY'RE GONNA SUPPLY US PARTS IN CASE THE GATE FAILS.YOU GO OUT AND TAKE THE OLD CARD OUT, PUT THE NEW CARD IN, REBOOT THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS BREAKAWAY GATES.
IF SOMEBODY DECIDES TO RUN THROUGH A GATE, WE HAVE SIMPLE PARTS TO GO OUT THERE AND REPLACE THE GATE, ARM, THE MECHANIC'S PART OF IT.
SO THE AIRPORT'S GONNA HANDLE THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE GATES IN CONJUNCTION WITH ELITE PARKING.
THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE THE REVENUE PIECE.
THEY'RE ALSO GONNA INSTALL GATES OVER IN THE GA SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, RESIDENTS THAT THINK THAT THAT'S THEIR PERSONAL PLACE TO PARK THEIR BOATS AND THEIR RVS AND THEIR, THEIR CARS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND RESTORING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM AT THEIR HOUSE.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S FREE, BUT IT'S GETTING READY TO CHANGE.
SO, AND THEY HAVE A PLAN TO WORK WITH TENANTS.
THEY HAVE A PLAN TO WORK WITH TAXIS, UBERS, UH, EMPLOYEES, ALL THAT STUFF.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR US.
SO THEY, WHEN THEY ON THE GATE SIDE, UM, THEY'RE COLLECTING THE REVENUE YOU'RE GONNA PAY WITH A CREDIT CARD LEAVING THE GATE, CORRECT? YES.
ON THE, ON THE HILTON HEAD CREDIT CARD BEING ONE PIECE FORM OF PAYMENT? YES.
SO THEY'RE GONNA PAY AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET A PERCENTAGE OF THE REVENUE, OR THEY'RE, YES.
SO IN THE PAST, WE HAD TO MEET A CERTAIN REVENUE CRITERIA THE COMPANY DID BEFORE WE STARTED SEEING REVENUES.
AND IN SOME CASES, WE MIGHT HAVE GONE THREE, FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT SEEING ANY REVENUE BECAUSE THE VENDOR WAS TRYING TO GET TO THAT LEVEL BEFORE WE GOT IT.
NOW IT'S A STRAIGHT, UH, PERCENTAGE SPLIT BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE PARKING VENDOR.
SO WE START SEEING REVENUE FROM DAY ONE.
AND METHOD OF PAYMENT WILL BE CASH.
WILL THE, UH, UM, WILL IT INCREASE, WHAT IS IT, $12 NOW ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THIS IS THEY DO MARKET RESEARCH AND ADVERTISEMENT THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND THEY'LL MONITOR WHAT WE'RE PAYING, WHAT WE'RE CHARGING FOR NOW, AND RECOMMENDED UPCHARGE OR DOWN CHARGE BASED ON LOCATION IN THE PARKING LOT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO RIGHT.
REAL QUICK, I'M NOT IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT, UH, SAVANNAH HAD THAT, UH, SYSTEM, THE LICENSE PLATE SYSTEM.
HASN'T WORKED FOR SIX MONTHS AT A LIGHTNING STRIKE.
AND SO I PARK OVER THERE AND YOU, AND THEY'VE, THEY'RE ABANDONING IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, A CARD, QR CODE.
SO I DUNNO IF YOU WANT TO GIVE 'EM A CALL.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR VENDOR IS, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY ALSO, THE SAVANNAH ONE, THEY HAVE ONE, AT LEAST ONE MAN, SOMETIMES TWO MAN GATES 24 HOURS A DAY IN ADDITION TO THE AUTOMATED GATES.
WELL, MY, I THINK I FOUND THAT ISSUING THAT THE, THE, I CALLED 'EM ON IT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UH, THE GATES NEVER OPEN WHEN YOU PULL UP THERE.
SO THEY SAID THAT, UM, THEY TRIED TO FIX IT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABANDONING IT.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS.
WELL, THE BEAUTY OF THIS COMPANY, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT.
SO IF SOMETHING FAILS, IT'S ON THEM TO COME OUT AND REPLACE THEIR EQUIPMENT.
WELL, UM, HOWARD, TO YOUR POINT, UH, I THINK SAVANNAH, I WENT THROUGH THERE LAST WEEK.
SO I THINK, I THINK THEY'VE WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY MANNING THOSE GATES.
UH, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT, THAT WORKS.
UH, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS USE A CARD.
IS NOT HAVING CASH AVAILABLE AND NEGATIVE, DOES IT CREATE A PROBLEM FOR SOME, WHY DELTA? IT'S NO CASH ON THE AIRPLANE.
THERE'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN CARD NOW.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY CASH IS TO ANSWER THAT.
THIS, WE DID ASK THAT QUESTION AND, AND I SURVEYED A FEW OF THE OTHER AIRPORTS.
I KNOW, UH, GREENVILLE DOES NO CASH.
AND WITH THEIR NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT GO THROUGH THERE, THEY GET ONE OR TWO CALLS A MONTH.
GOOD FOR HELP AT THE BOOTH FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT TO USE CASH.
SO IF THAT'S GREENVILLE, ONE OR TWO A MONTH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT MUCH.
WE DID ASK A LEAD ABOUT THAT, HEY, IS THIS GONNA BE AN ISSUE? AND THEY SAID NO.
THEY JUST SAID PEOPLE WANNA USE CREDIT CARDS ANYMORE.
SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO PHONE AND CREDIT CARD, CASH IS GOING AWAY.
THERE'LL BE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE, I GUESS TO SAYS NO CASH.
IT'S ALL GONNA BE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND TO THAT POINT, WE DON'T DO CASH NOW.
I WAS LOOKING, UH, STEVE, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURE.
WHERE ARE THE GATES? UH, THE ENTRANCE WHERE THE, WE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AS YOU CAME INTO THE AIRPORT, YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THESE GATES.
IS THAT NO, IT'S GONNA BE AT THE PARKING.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND, AND TO FIGURING OUT THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.
AND I'M RELYING ON THIS VENDOR BECAUSE ONE THING I'LL ADD, THIS VENDOR HAS A TON OF OTHER BUSINESSES AND AIRPORTS AND HOSPITALS AND PARKING GARAGES THAT THEIR SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN.
I ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT DURABILITY OF A CAMERA SYSTEM 'CAUSE I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT.
AND THEY TOOK ME, HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE ME INTO THEIR OTHER, WHICH PARKING
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LOT DO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT WE DO RIGHT NOW? AND THE DATA? THE, THE ONLY THING THAT SAVANNAH, WHEN I CALLED ABOUT, THEY SAID THEY HAD A LIGHTNING STRIKE AND THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO WORK AGAIN.WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS DEPENDING ON THAT CONTRACT, AND ALSO IT'S A LARGER OPERATION THAN WHAT YOU, IT'S A VENDOR ISSUE.
AND IF OURS GET STRUCK, THEY'RE GONNA GET THEIR REVENUE AT THAT POINT.
IT'S A WIFI OR A CONNECTION ISSUE.
SO, UH, IF WE'RE OUT OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE OUT ANYWAY FOR BENEFIT OF THE BOARD.
I, I DID GO THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSALS.
UH, THERE WERE SIX, I THINK STEVE, I BELIEVE SO.
UH, AND ELITE WAS FAR AND ABOVE AWAY.
IS THERE A, IS THERE A BACKUP THAT SAYS IF THE SYSTEM FAILS, IT'S ALL OVER THE GATE? SOMEBODY MANUALLY, SOME REPRESENTATIVE MANUALLY.
THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T REMOTELY OPEN.
IS THERE A MANUAL SYSTEM TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO EXIT SOMEBODY IN AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE, A SECURITY PERSON? YES.
SO SOMEBODY CAN ACTUALLY COME AND SAY YES.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT THOUGH.
MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
MUCH, IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE MUCH SMALLER PARKING AREA THAN MOST AIRPORTS.
AND I WORRY ABOUT WHAT, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU PUT THAT ENTRY GATE, THE CARS ARE GONNA BE OUT ON BEACH CITY ROAD WAITING TO GET IN IF THERE'S ANY WELL, I THINK ON THE, ON THE CONTRACT IT SAYS IT IS GONNA BE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE GOTTA AGREE TO WHERE THE, WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING ANYHOW.
SO THAT I DON'T, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT IN LIGHT OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
OUR PARKING, OUR PARKING LOT AT THE TERMINAL IS VERY SMALL.
OUR PARKING LOT AT THE TERMINAL, IN MY OPINION FOR THE SIZE OF IT, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET IN AND HOW TO GET OUT.
UH, IT'S KIND OF CONVOLUTED TO ADD INTO THAT.
WE HAVE RENTAL CARS THAT TAKE UP ALMOST HALF OF ONE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT.
THERE USED TO BE A GATE SYSTEM THERE AND THERE'S GONNA BE A GATE SYSTEM THAT GOES IN THERE.
AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
IF I HAVE TO PUT ONE GATE AT EVERY ENTRANCE INTO THE LOT, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PUTTING ONE GATE IN FOR THE WHOLE PARKING LOT AND ONE GATE OF EXIT THAT WE RUN INTO.
WE FOUND IN THE LITTLE STUDY WE DID, WE RUN INTO A WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES.
UH, UBERS, PEOPLE DROPPING OFF PEOPLE, TAXI CABS, YOU NAME IT THAT, UH, UPS DELIVERIES, UH, FOOD DELIVERIES, THERE'S ALL KIND OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT.
SO TO GATE OFF THE SPECIFIC LOTS THAT CUSTOMERS CAN GO INTO, UM, NOT HAVING TO HAVE PEOPLE RETURN THEIR RENTAL CAR.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A GATE TO PARK THEIR CAR BACK IN THE RENTAL CAR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
BUT I WILL SAY IN THE TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION, IN OUR CONSTRUCTION OF OUR WHOLE TERMINAL AREA, WE'RE ASKING FOR, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PARKING LOT STUDIES TO IDENTIFY HOW CAN WE BETTER DO THIS PARKING LOT.
AND THERE'S COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION THAT HAVE TO GO ON BETWEEN US, THE CONSULTANTS, THE TOWN, UH, TO DO THOSE THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT ELITE PARKING IS THEY ARE THERE TO BE A VOICE IN THAT.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY'RE GONNA OUTFIT US NOW AND CONTINUE TO GROW WITH US WHEREVER WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT PARKING LOT, IT'S VERY EASY TO PICK THIS EQUIPMENT UP, MOVE IT AND CHANGE IT WHERE IT LOGICALLY SPEAKS.
BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OUR CURRENT MAP RIGHT NOW TO GET PEOPLE IN AND PAY TO PARK ON THE WAY OUT.
IT'S ONE GATE IN AND TWO GATES ON THE WAY OUT IN CASE ONE FAILS.
WILL ALL OF THIS BE IN PLACE BY THE SUMMER TRAFFIC? I'M NOT GONNA COMMENT ON THAT.
I AM WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE IN PLACE.
BUT WE, WE FIRST NEED TO GET THE APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL TO GET THE APPROVAL REMOVED.
MARK WILL BE S MARK WANTED TO BE FIRST ONE TIME, I'LL PUT MY HAND DOWN, BUT I WOULD HAVE A QUESTION FIRST.
HOW DO YOU ENVI YOU ENVISION IT WORKING ON THE GA SIDE OR DID I MISS THAT? UH, SAME WAY IT WORKS ON THE, ON THE TERMINAL SIDE.
UM, PARKING LOT RE OR LICENSE PLATE READERS.
UH, SOMEBODY GOES IN, YEAH, BUT WHERE IS YOU GONNA PUT IT? THERE'S ONLY A ONE ROAD IN AND THERE'S ONE ROAD OUT.
BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DROP SOMEBODY OFF AT SIGNATURE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT GATE TO AND PAY A DOLLAR.
WE HAVE AN O WE HAVE AN OPTION.
JUST LIKE ANYTHING, THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS.
WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW LONG GET A TWO HOUR GRACE PERIOD, WHETHER IT'S 30 MINUTES, 45 MINUTES, AN HOUR CURRENTLY AT OUR AIRPORT IS TWO HOURS FREE.
AND I THINK THAT'S TOO LONG AT THE TERMINAL.
BUT I CAN ADDRESS THAT AND I CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WHETHER WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT TIME OR DECREASE IT.
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COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST AMOUNT OF TIME.SOMEBODY CAN COME IN AND DROP ON SOMEBODY AND, AND YOU KNOW, A TAXI COME IN AND DROP SOMEBODY OFF AND COME OUT.
THE PARKING LOT READER WILL IDENTIFY AND SAY, YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND IT'LL OPEN IT UP AND LET 'EM OUT.
WILL THE, UH, CONFIGURATION OF THE CURRENT PARKING LOT REMAIN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME OR SOME OF THAT GONNA MOVE, UH, SOUTHBOUND OR WESTBOUND AND EXPAND THE LOT? I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS PARKING GARAGE.
THAT'S A TOWN OF HILTON HEAD QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, SO WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
[X. CHAIRMAN UPDATE ]
UH, NOW WE'LL GO TO, UH, CHAIRMAN UPDATE.UH, WE'LL START OUT WITH, WELL WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
THEY HAVEN'T MET YET, RIGHT? NO SIR, WE HAVEN'T.
BUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, LESLIE, HOW, HOW IS THAT? DO YOU HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR US? I DO HAVE AN UPDATE.
I THINK I PUT OUT SOMETHING TO ALL OF YOU PREVIOUS AMBASSADORS AND I'M GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK.
I WILL SAY THIS, EARLIER THIS YEAR I TALKED ABOUT WE WERE GETTING LOTS OF INTEREST.
WELL, THE FIVE PEOPLE THAT I WAS GIVEN, I CONTACTED EACH OF THEM AND THEY'RE NO LONGER INTERESTED.
SO WE NEED PEOPLE
NO SHOW, NO CALL, NO ANYTHING.
SO WE DO NEED YOU, JIM, SOME OF THE NEWBIES ON THIS COMMITTEE.
BRIAN, YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE, RIGHT? YEAH.
BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S EYE OPENING FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THIS.
AND ALSO ANYONE HAS NAMES OF SOMEONE, WISE CHILDREN, WHOEVER THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO IT, LET ME KNOW.
'CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, LET'S SEE, WHEN IS THE DATE OF OUR 20TH OF MAY? LIKE THE 20TH LOOK, IT'S ON, IT'S ON A THURSDAY IN MAY 3RD, THURSDAY IN MAY OF THE CLASS.
THAT'S A CLASS THAT'S MANDATORY.
IT'S A LUNCHEON LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
AND A BRIEFING JUST THAT'S ON THE 20TH.
SO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS AND WE'LL START THE PROGRAM IN EARLY JUNE.
AND I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE GONNA NEED IT THIS YEAR MORE SO THAN LAST YEAR.
ESPECIALLY IF ALL THESE AIRLINES ARE BACK NOW WITH THAT MANY ROUTE, WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
SO CHRIS, DOES THAT MEAN YOU'LL DO IT? I'M GONNA LOOK AT MY SCHEDULE FOR MAY 20TH BECAUSE I HAVE TO FIRST TALK TO MY SOCIAL COORDINATOR, WHICH WOULD BE MAUREEN BUTLER,
AND I'LL FIND OUT WHAT I'M ALLOWED AND I'M NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
I'M ONLY CHAIRMAN OF ONE COMMITTEE.
I WILL, I WILL TALK TO HER ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE TOO.
WHAT TIME IS THAT MEETING? AROUND NOON DID YOU SAY? PROBABLY 12 O'CLOCK.
WHAT TIME IS THE LUNCHEON? 1130.
IT'LL BE AT 2,600, RIGHT? YES.
[XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS]
UM, AND THEN A RW IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.AND UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY JUST WAITING ON, UM, WE STILL DON'T HAVE A DATE ON WHEN THEY'RE STARTING ON THE SITE PREP.
AND I HAVE, UH, BUT THEY GOT RED FLAGS.
ARE THOSE RED FLAGS FOR THAT OR IS THAT, I SAW OKAY.
UM, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY WHO ORIGINALLY IT WAS TAKEN ON THIS PROJECT.
THE AIRPORT IS TAKEN ON THE, THE BULK OF THE PROJECT, BUT STILL WORKING THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UM, I HAVE A, UH, A, A PRE NOTICE TO PROCEED IF THAT'S HOW I WOULD SAY IT, MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THE COUNTY AND US TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC SO THAT WE KNOW THE PATH FORWARD.
UM, THERE'S STILL, I BELIEVE THE COUNTY'S WORKING ON A PERMANENT LEFT, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE A DIFFICULT ONE.
BUT THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE READY FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THIS MEETING, I WILL HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU AFTER THIS MEETING THAT I'M GONNA HAVE.
AND THEN, UH, HILTON HAD IMPROVEMENT COMM OH, YOU WAIT, YOU HAVE A QUESTION MARK QUESTION? YEAH.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE HORIZONTAL WORK.
LAST I HEARD THE VERTICAL WORK WAS STILL SORT OF IN, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT COUNTY FUNDING COMMITTEE STUFF.
UH, DO WE HAVE UH, HXD? NO REPORT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS WHEN WE'LL SET UP THE GREETING FOR A RW, UH, WITH BRANDON.
AND THEN, UH, OTHER COMMITTEE, WE KIND OF DISBANDED THE, UH, MARKETING COMMITTEE.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
SO WE CAN PASS THROUGH THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
[XII. CITIZEN COMMENT (Limit comments to three minutes)]
BACK TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.WHAT DO YOU HAVE, UH, RELATED TO THE I'VE BEEN SURPRISED AT THE, THE NUMBER OF CARS IN THE BEFORD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
WHEN I GO OUT TO FLY SOMEWHERE, WELL, I CAN BARELY FIND A PLACE TO PARK.
THERE CANNOT BE THAT MANY PEOPLE AT
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THE AIRPORT OR THAT ARE NOT FLYING OR THAT ARE, ARE FLYING THE ELITE SYSTEM.WHAT'S THAT PUT IN? THE ELITE
BUT I'M JUST, I KNOW SOME OF THOSE CARS ARE LONG TERM AND I KNOW WHEN WE EXPANDED THE PARKING LOT LAST YEAR, WE HAD A FEW MORE SPACES, BUT THEY'RE GONE.
WHAT, WHO, WHO ARE ALL THOSE CARS BELONG TO? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS AIRPORT, THAT PARKING LOT HAS BEEN JAM PACKED.
NOW THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOME SPACES AND PEOPLE PARKING IN THE GRASS.
IT IS AN EFFORT, UM, THAT I'VE TRIED TO CHAMPION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND WE PUT FORWARD PROGRESS FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UM, WE HAVE MANAGERS THAT COME IN.
THEY TAKE ON IT AND IT GETS PARTIALLY TAKEN ON AND THEN THEY GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
I GET ANOTHER AIRPORT MANAGER.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, ISSUES THAT I'M GONNA SPEAK WITH OUR NEW AIRPORT MANAGER ON IDEAS AND CREATIVE WAYS.
IT'S ASSESS THE PARKING SITUATION.
IT EVEN AFFECTS THE AIRPORT EMPLOYEES 'CAUSE THEY PARK.
AND THEN THE, THE FLIGHT SCHOOL HAS SOME SPOTS, BUT THEY'RE HALF THE TIME THEY'RE EMPTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE FLIGHT SCHOOL OR WHATEVER.
SO I'M LIKE, WHERE ARE ALL THESE CARS FROM? WELL, AND THERE MAY BE PEOPLE AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING REVENUE OFF OF PEOPLE WHO, IF YOU, IF YOU SAY YOU HAVE A HOUSE AT FRIT BUT YOU DON'T, IT'S A SECOND HOME AND YOU LIVE IN, I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP GREENVILLE.
AND SO YOU KEEP A CAR HERE SO YOU CAN FLY DOWN AND USE THE CAR AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY RENTAL FOR THEIR SPOT.
AND I THINK WE WERE TRACKING THAT.
THAT STARTED PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.
AND PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO SIGNS.
WELL THERE'S A SIGN ON THE GATE NOW.
SAY IF YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE LONGER THAN SEVEN DAYS, IT'S GONNA COST THIS MUCH MONEY NOW.
NOW YOU'RE RELYING ON SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, I'M GONNA BE PARKING THERE FOR SEVEN DAYS OR LONGER.
NOW WE GOTTA RELY ON STAFF TO GO OUT AND IDENTIFY DATE TIME A VEHICLE PULLS IN AND RUN IT DOWN.
JIM, YOU'RE CHARGED OF THAT COMMITTEE YOU GUYS CAN HAVE, WHEN YOU TALK WITH BRANDON, YOU COME UP WITH SOME PLANS.
YEAH, OPEN CREATIVE IDEAS THAT DON'T INCLUDE SLASHING SOMEONE'S TIRES BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE TOO LONG.
OR TO FIGURE OUT HOW LONG THE NEXT TIME IS THEY'RE GONNA BE USING THEIR CAR.
WELL SIR, WE SLASHED THOSE TEARS SIX MONTHS AGO.
HOW DEEP IS THE POLLEN IN THE CAR? YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
WE COULD DO A SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT OF THAT.
LIKE YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS AND, AND LOOK AT AND WE CAN COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR RW ONCE WE GET OUR NEW PARKING LOT VENDOR INTO.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA BE ADDRESSING TO THEM.
SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO OVER THERE.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, I'M LOOKING FOR AN ADJOURNMENT FIRST.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? MARK? MARK SECOND.
DAVID? ALL IN FAVOR? ADJOURNMENT.