Feb 05, 2026 Airports Board

UM, HEARING NO NEGATIVES ON THAT, WE'LL ASSUME THAT'S APPROVED.

[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - JANUARY 8, 2026 ]

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

EVERYBODY GOT ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS, ISSUES WITH THE MINUTES FROM LAST TIME? NOPE.

SO MOVE PROOF.

ANYBODY GOT A SECOND? SECOND? GOT A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE'S NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON THAT, WE'LL ASSUME THAT'S APPROVED AND THEN, UH,

[VI. PUBLIC COMMENT]

WE'LL OPEN IT UP.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE LIMIT IT TO THREE MINUTES.

DOES ANYBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING TODAY? NOPE.

ON TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

FROM THAT WE'LL MOVE

[VII.1. Flying Frog 5k/10k and First Annual FrogFest (Marlene Myers)]

PORT MORNING.

MORNING.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE WE'VE EVER HAD.

I KNOW.

IT'S KIND OF EXCITING, ISN'T IT? I JUST, MAYBE WE NEED TO STAND UP AND INTRODUCE EVERYBODY.

I JUST HAD TO LOOK.

HALF OF 'EM WORK FOR ME, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

GOOD.

SO, UH, WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING.

I'M GONNA BE QUICK AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK UP AND GET INTO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, BUT, UH, I BROUGHT ALONG MARLENE MYERS, WHO'S OUR, UH, BUSINESS MANAGER, AND SHE'S BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER OUR, UM, FLYING FROG 5K FESTIVITIES FOR THIS YEAR.

SO SHE'S GOT A BRIEF PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT.

SO I'M GONNA TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO MARLENE AT THIS TIME.

UM, I'M MARLENE, I'M THE AIRPORT'S BUSINESS MANAGER, AND JOHN AND STEVE WILL KNOW AND TELL YOU THAT I'M NORMALLY BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO YOU GUYS, BUT I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOMETHING FUN THAT'S COMING UP IN APRIL AT A RW FROGMORE INTERNATIONAL.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 2026 FLYING FROG, 5K, 10 K, AND OUR FIRST ANNUAL FROG FEST, WHICH WILL BE BENEFITING OP FO, WHICH IT'S A LOCAL NONPROFIT SUPPORTING VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE FLYING FROG 5K WAS, UM, IT WAS HELD IN OCTOBER, BUT IT WAS COMPETING WITH OTHER RACES THE WEEKEND BEFORE AND THE WEEKEND AFTER.

AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO SWITCH IT UP TO SWITCH, UH, FOR SOUTH CAROLINA AVIATION WEEK IN APRIL.

AND WE'VE ADDED A 10 K OPTION TO ATTRACT MORE RUNNERS AND BROADEN PARTICIPATION.

SO THE FIRST RUN WAS IN 2020, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A FUN RUN.

SO THERE WERE NO RUN SIGNUP.COM PARTICIPANTS, SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE, MAYBE 15, 20 RUNNERS.

BUT IT WAS DECIDED THAT IN 2021 THAT IT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL EVENT.

SO IT WENT ON RUN SIGNUP.COM, AND THERE WERE 43 RUNNERS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE 24 50 IN SPONSORSHIP MONEY IN 2022.

IT WAS PART OF THE TRIPLE CROWN, SO THERE WERE 77 RUNNERS AND THERE WERE $2,300 IN SPONSORSHIPS.

SO THE NEXT YEAR WHEN I TOOK IT OVER, WE HAD 55 RUNNERS ABLE TO RUN, UM, RAISE 29 50 IN SPONSORSHIPS.

BUT IN 2024, WE NOTICED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON RUN SIGNUP.COM, THERE WERE ONLY 56 RUNNERS THAT YEAR, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET ALMOST $4,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS.

SO WE DECIDED THAT IT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE CHANGED FROM OCTOBER TO A DIFFERENT MONTH.

SO THIS YEAR, UM, THIS MONTH, A YEAR AGO IS WHEN I STARTED PLANNING FOR THE 2026 RACE.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT A 5K, 10 K AND ADD ANOTHER EXCITING THING, THE FROG FEST, WHICH I'LL TELL ABOUT A MINUTE, BUT SO FAR AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE $7,400 IN SPONSORSHIP MONEY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ALRIGHT, SO HERE ARE WONDERFUL SPONSORS.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THESE GUYS, INCLUDING CAMPBELL OIL, TB, AND E ON POINT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CLEANING, M AND L DETAILING LOW COUNTRY FLIGHT DOCK GO RENTALS, AND BUTLER MARINE.

AND WE ALSO HAD SOME ANONYMOUS HANGAR TENANT DONATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE.

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REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN@RUNSIGNUP.COM.

TO MAKE THIS A TRUE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, WE'RE INTRODUCING FROG FEST.

THIS IS A MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH NINE BANDS DONATING THEIR TIME FOR LIVE MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE THREE FOOD TRUCKS SIGNED UP, BUT WE WERE LOOKING FOR MORE.

BUT THESE ARE OUR, UM, WONDERFUL BANDS.

WE GOT CHRIS JONES, DEBBIE, AND THE BELTWAYS OF SUMMER DISTANT SOUNDS.

THE WEEKLY SPECIAL WALKER DEAN EXIT EIGHT, TIME AND PRESSURE BAND, THE HARDY STATION BAND AND ACOUSTIC BRIDGE.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO ALL PROCEEDS FROM RUN SIGNUP.COM WILL BENEFIT OP FO, AND THEY PROVIDE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND THIS PARTNERSHIP REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO GIVING BACK AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO SERVE.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TWO VERY SPECIAL GUESTS FROM OP FAB, MR. JIMMY BANTON AND MARK GERSHMAN.

MR. GERSHMAN.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

UH, MY NAME IS JIMMY BANTON.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION PATRIOTS FOB.

MARLENE KIND OF COVERED EVERYTHING, KIND OF WHAT WE DO, BUT WE ARE A VETERAN RUN NONPROFIT HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY SUPPORTING VETERANS, ACTIVELY SERVING, UH, SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, AND ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES, OUR WHOLE MISSION IS DEDICATED AT COMBATING VETERAN AND FIRST RESPONDERS SUICIDES THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATION AND PEER-TO-PEER ENGAGEMENTS.

ALL OF OUR SERVICES, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AT OP FB IS 100% FREE TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WHO, UH, WHO ARE, UH, THE, UH, WHO HAS STATED EARLIER.

UM, BUT, UH, THE BIGGEST METRIC THAT I CAN SAY IS WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR FIVE YEARS.

WE'VE HAD OVER 45,000 VISITS TO THE FOB, AND WE'VE HAD ZERO SUICIDES FROM ANYONE WHO'S GOING, WHO'S COME THERE, PARTICIPATED IN OUR ACTIVITIES IN OUR PROGRAM.

SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING.

AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A VETERAN OR A FIRST RESPONDER, TO PLEASE COME SEE US.

WE'VE GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN HAND OUT AFTER THE, UH, MEETING, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, I'VE WORKED WITH THOUGHT FIVE AT THE DON RYAN CENTER AND, UH, GREAT ORGANIZATION.

YOU DON'T REALLY GET WHAT THAT PLACE DOES UNTIL YOU GO OUT THERE AND SEE IT.

YOU REALLY, I SAW IT FIRST OF ALL, LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO, AND IT'S JUST, ONCE YOU GET OUT THERE, IT'S JUST AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION.

I GOTTA ADMIT, I'M, I'M A MEMBER AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

I, I GO ALL THE TIME.

SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD, PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT WITH THIS EXCITING EVENT.

IT WILL STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TIES, IT PROMOTES AVIATION AWARENESS AND IT BENEFITS A WORTHY CAUSE.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THIS A SUCCESS FOR THE AIRPORT, THE COMMUNITY, AND NOT FOB.

SO THANK YOU.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

APRIL 18TH TIME, UM, THE RACE START, REGISTRATION ENDS AT SEVEN, BUT RACE STARTS AT EIGHT, SHOULD BE OVER BY NINE 30.

FROG FEST STARTS FROM 10 TO FOUR.

HOW DOES IT AFFECT, UH, AIRPORT OPERATIONS? IT WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY, OR JUST DURING THE RACE, UM, TILL THE END OF THE FROG FEST.

SO THAT'S MOST OF THE DAY, THEN, I WOULD IMAGINE.

YEAH, JUST LIKE EVERY YEAR WE CLOSE THE RUNWAY FOR THE RUN PORTION MM-HMM .

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE OPEN EVERYTHING BACK UP.

SO FA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, THEY'RE AWARE, BUT IS IS THE RUNWAY CLOSED ALL DAY OR JUST OKAY.

NO, JUST DURING RUN.

JUST DURING THE RUN.

SO THE RUNWAY WILL BE CLOSED DURING THAT RUN PORTION? ONCE THE RUN IS COMPLETED, THEN THAT IT'S, IT'S JUST THE PARTY AT THE AIRPORT WITH AIRPLANE'S LANDING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S COOL.

SCREAM, UM, GOVERNMENT OR INSTITUTIONAL THE WAY IT KIND OF USED TO.

ONCE WE CLEAR IT, THEN IT'S OPEN BACK UP FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

WELL THANKS FOR THAT AND GLAD TO HAVE, UM, ON BOARD TOO.

UM, I'VE WORKED WITH 'EM AND A COUPLE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT I DEAL WITH AS WELL.

AND, UM, GREAT GROUP.

I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE YET, SO I REALLY WANNA GET OUT THERE.

BUT, UM, WE'VE KIND OF TALKED AMONGST OUR TEAM THAT WE THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, I MEAN, WE GOT A TON OF VETERANS ON OUR TEAM, BUNCH OF MARINES AND STUFF.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NAVY YET.

WE'VE GOT AIR FORCE, WE'VE GOT SOME ARMY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY SQUIDS, SO , UM, MAYBE THEY'RE AFRAID OF ALL OF US MARINES, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, UH, WE'LL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, DO GET SOME MORE, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT IS A GREAT, GREAT ORGANIZATION.

I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH JIMMY ON SOME OTHER STUFF, AND, UH, SO WE'VE KIND OF, I GUESS INFORMALLY SAID WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT OUR CAUSE.

SO, UM, MAYBE WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU GUYS FORMALLY AT SOME POINT, BUT, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR HEARTS ARE RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, JOHN, YES, I THINK THIS TIES IN SO WELL WITH WHAT THE AIRPORT DID IN RECOGNIZING THE RETIRED VET THAT CAME THROUGH OUR AIRPORT RECENTLY.

AND SO I WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO SEE US EXPAND ON THIS, AND MAYBE EVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'D BE ROOM TO HAVE A LITTLE OFFICE, A LITTLE AREA AT THE AIRPORT FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.

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I DON'T KNOW.

THAT MIGHT, I'M, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM SAN DIEGO AIRPORT, THEY DID IT BIG TIME AND THAT'S HOW THEY DID IT.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD A USO AND EVERYTHING THERE, BUT WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO SUPPORT 'EM, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS A BIG, OBVIOUSLY A HUGE MILITARY AREA HERE AS WELL, SO, UM, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT HARD TO, TO MARKET THESE IDEAS, SO PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE A PART AND, UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YEAH, I LOVE THE SHOOT.

SO .

UM, ALRIGHT, SO GOOD STUFF.

WE'LL GET THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT GOING HERE AND I DON'T WANT, IF YOU GUYS DO NEED A SPLIT, DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT CRUISING.

WE'RE GOOD.

YOU WON'T OFFEND ME AND YOU WON'T OFFEND THEM, SO EVERYBODY'S BUSY.

SO, UM, ALRIGHT, THAT'S OUR WINTER STORM OUT AT, UH, HILTON HEAD , THE, THE SNOWMAGEDDON AS IT IS, I GUESS, OR AS IT WAS.

UM, WE DID GET PRETTY LUCKY THIS YEAR, SO, UH, WE CHUCKLE ABOUT IT.

WE CLOSED DOWN JUST FOR A FEW HOURS.

I THINK WE SHUT DOWN JUST AFTER ONE IN THE MORNING, I THINK SUNDAY MORNING.

UM, BUT ONCE THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COLD SUNDAY MORNING AS THE, THE SUN CAME UP, THE SUN WARMED EVERYTHING UP PRETTY QUICKLY AND UM, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 1130, STEVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO REOPEN FOR FULL OPERATION.

SO THE GOOD NEWS WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HXD CAUSED CANCELLATIONS.

THERE WERE CANCELLATIONS JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OTHER PLACES.

SO CHARLOTTE HAD SOME SNOW AND THEN OF COURSE, AIRPLANES GETTING TO CHARLOTTE FROM OTHER PLACES HAD WEATHER.

SO WE DID HAVE FLIGHTS CANCELED ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, BUT WE'RE BACK FULL BORE, UH, COMMERCIAL ON MONDAY, AND GA WAS OPEN ON SUNDAY, SO EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.

UH, WE DID CLOSE A RW DOWN FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO, BUT, UM, A RW THAWS OUT PRETTY QUICKLY, SO WE GOT PRETTY LUCKY WITH THAT ONE.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL.

AND I THOUGHT WINTER WAS OVER AND THEN WE HAD TODAY, SO WHO, WHO KNOWS? UM, THAT'S JUST LOW COUNTRY WEATHER, I SUPPOSE.

ALRIGHT, QUICK UPDATE ON THE TERMINAL.

THINGS ARE GOING, UH, VERY WELL.

LOOK AT THE JET BRIDGES, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

UM, FIRST TIME EVER, OBVIOUSLY THAT THEY'VE, THAT WE'VE HAD JET BRIDGES AT HILTON HEAD AND I'VE WALKED THROUGH 'EM AND CLIMBED ON 'EM AND GONE OVER 'EM AND UNDER 'EM AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

SO, UM, IT, THEY'RE PRETTY, PRETTY EXCITING.

AND THEY'RE THE LATEST GREATEST.

THEY'VE GOT ALL THE, THE NEW STUFF ON IT, SO THEY ACTUALLY GET OPERATED KIND OF LIKE A VIDEO GAME.

THERE'S A SCREAM AND A SCREEN AND A JOYSTICK AND EVERYTHING.

SO YOU COULD DRIVE THOSE AROUND.

NO, WE'RE NOT MOVING 'EM YET, BUT, UM, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF TRAINING THAT HAPPENS WITH THE AIRLINES AND WITH OUR STAFF AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH SPARE PARTS LISTS AND FIGURING OUT TRAINING CURRICULUMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR FOLKS SO THAT WE'RE READY TO, UM, ADDRESS SMALL ISSUES THAT MAY HAPPEN.

UM, AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR RAPID RESPONSE FOR, FOR LARGER ISSUES.

BUT HOPEFULLY BEING BRAND NEW, NOT TOO MUCH HAPPENS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATES.

SO THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BUILDINGS COME ALONG AND THE OTHER, UM, PICTURES THERE AND THEN SOME MORE OF THE FENCING GOING UP ALONG THE PERIMETER.

UM, SO THINGS ARE PROGRESSING PRETTY WELL THERE AT THE TERMINAL.

THIS IS WHAT THE INSIDE IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND YOU SEE SOME OF THAT TERRAZZO GETTING, UH, POLISHED UP THERE BY THE ENTRANCE THAT'S ON THE FAR THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

UH, AND THEN THAT BOTTOM CENTER IS THE NEW TSA SCREENING CHECKPOINT, SO THAT, THAT TERRAZZO IS, IS COMPLETE THERE.

UM, AND IN CASE ANYBODY IS WONDERING WHAT THE DESIGN IS, UM, I DID AND SO I HAD TO ASK THE ARCHITECTS, I SAID, WHAT, WHAT ARE THESE PEDALS WE'RE PUTTING IN THE FLOOR HERE, GUYS? YOU PROBABLY TOLD ME AT ONE POINT AND I'VE FORGOTTEN.

UM, THOSE ARE WATER HIGHEST SENSE AND THEY ARE KIND OF PECULIAR TO, I GUESS A LOW COUNTRY AREA, BUT IT'S KIND OF A, A RARE, YOU KNOW, MARSH PLANT KIND OF NEAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A STORY IN THE TERMINAL THAT, UH, SO WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THEIR, THE FLOOR AND SAY, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THESE PETS? THEY'LL FIND A LITTLE STORY ON THE, ON THE WALL ABOUT THOSE.

SO IT WAS KIND OF UNIQUE AND WE REALLY WANNA TIE THE ENVIRONMENT IN WITH THE TERMINAL.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY FUN.

SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE TERMINAL HAS TO DO WITH THE TERRAZZO.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS KIND OF STOPPED BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE TO GET THAT FINISHED.

AND THEN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, DETAILS WILL HAPPEN WITH EVERYTHING ELSE INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM OUTSIDE.

I'M NOT SURE WHO'S STANDING ON THE ROOF THERE, BUT I'M SURE THEY WERE PROPERLY HARNESSED AND HAD ALL THE OSHA REQUIREMENTS MET.

UM, IT WAS NOT ME.

UM, THEY DON'T ALLOW ME TO GO THAT HIGH.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPING GETTING INSTALLED AND UH, THINGS ARE REALLY SHAPING UP OUT THERE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE FINAL, UH, SOFFIT WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE BUILDING.

SO THAT'S ALL GETTING BUTTONED UP.

AND LIKE I SAID LAST MONTH, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE OF, OF THE BUILDING, UH, DR. ROTH WAS THERE RECENTLY, SO YOU GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THAT.

BUT IT'S REALLY COMING TOGETHER AND LIKE I SAID, IT, IT'S A REAL KIND OF RELAXED FEEL OF A BUILDING.

IT, IT DOES NOT

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SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF THIS AND THE LANDSCAPING'S COME ALONG.

GREAT.

AND UM, WE'VE GOT SOME MORE STUFF GOING ON.

IS THIS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE ENTRANCE OR DO YOU WANT STEVE TO DO THE PROJECTS FIRST? THAT'S GONNA COME UP LATER.

A LOT OF ITEMS THAT HAVE TO HAVE THE CONSULTANTS HAVE TO GARNER WELL BEFORE THAT TIME, GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE DIDN'T CHOREOGRAPH THIS VERY WELL, SO .

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO STEVE AND LET HIM DO THE QUICK PROJECTS UPDATE.

THANKS JOHN.

MORNING OR AFTERNOON OR WHATEVER.

YEAH, IT'S STILL MORNING, UH, BUSY DAYS.

UM, NOT GONNA DIVE INTO TERMINAL EXPANSION TOO MUCH.

JOHN ALREADY COVERED THAT.

BUT ONE KEY THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS I'M LEARNING THAT THE CLOSER WE GET TO COMPLETION, WHICH WE'RE GETTING THERE AND IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE CREEPING UP TO COMPLETION ANYMORE, WE'RE NOTICING AS THE AIRPORT, THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IT OPENS KEYS.

NOBODY EVER THOUGHT ABOUT KEYS.

WHO'S GONNA MANAGE THE KEYS, THE SECURED KEYS, IF THERE ARE ANY LOCKS, MASTER KEYS WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT.

WE'RE DEALING WITH, LIKE JOHN SAID, THE SPARE PARTS.

WHAT SPARE PARTS DO WE NEED FOR A JET BRIDGE THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE? UM, AIRLINE STOCK PRINTER PAPER.

WHAT KIND OF PAPER DO THEY REQUIRE BECAUSE WE'RE USING COMMON USE.

SO WE'RE GATHERING ALL THAT INFORMATION.

UM, AND WE'LL HAND OUT RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE AIRPORT STAFF PERTAINING TO THAT STUFF.

SO WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME, HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET INTO IT.

UM, KIND OF WANT TO VISIT OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

UH, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT, REMEMBER HERE BEFORE THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WERE REALLY WANTING TO GET THE STAKEHOLDERS BACK TOGETHER.

BUT A FEW THINGS THE AIRPORT HAD TO DO.

JOHN AND I WENT UP TO WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO THE FAAI THINK WE MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING.

UH, AND THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO CORRECT, NOT CORRECT, BUT PAY ATTENTION TO GET COORDINATED, UM, BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS.

BUT THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING IS TOP OF MIND FOR US.

SO WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ON THAT.

UM, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, THERE'S AN AIRFIELD DRAINING PROJECT, UH, WHICH CHANGES OUT THE GRATES AT THE AIRFIELD.

YEARS AGO WHEN WE INCREASED THE RUNWAY LENGTH WAY BACK IN 2018, THE CLASSIFICATION, THE AIRPORT ACTUALLY CHANGED.

THE ORIGINAL GRATES WERE THERE WERE NOT WEIGHT CAPACITY FOR AIRCRAFT.

NOW THEY FALL WITHIN THE ZONE.

WE HAVE TO GET NEW GRATES.

THAT PROJECT'S STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IN PLACE WITH THE STORM MATTER STORMWATER PIECE OF THAT WAS A PLUG THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED IN A WEIR WALL THAT HAD TO BE CONSTRUCTED THAT IS NOW COMPLETE.

THAT'S BEEN WEIGHING ON JOHN AND I FOR, UH, SEVERAL YEARS TO GET THAT DONE AND WHO CAN GET IT DONE.

THAT PIECE OF THE PROJECT'S DONE CASTING IS GONNA TAKE, UH, EIGHT TO 10 WEEKS 'CAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE PIECE.

SO THE VENDOR WHO'S DOING THE CASTING IS WORKING ON THAT ELITE PARKING, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, THEY ARE A PARKING VENDOR AND THE IDEA BEHIND THEIR SYSTEM IS, UH, TAG READERS, RIGHT? SO THE CAMERA READS YOUR TAGS, TIME STARTS.

THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED IS OUR PARKING LOT AT THE TERMINAL, EXTREMELY UNIQUE.

DR. ROSS ROTH, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED IT, IT'S NOT YOUR AVERAGE EVERYDAY PARKING LOT.

THERE'S EXITS MAIN EXIT, THERE'S OUR ENTRANCE, THEN THERE'S MORE ENTRANCES INSIDE THE PARKING LOT.

SO WHERE DO YOU PUT THESE THINGS? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? REACHED OUT TO OUR CONSULTANTS TOWER BRIGHT TO PUT TOGETHER A PARKING STUDY ADDING TO THAT SHOW US WHERE WE CAN PUT LEGITIMATE ENTRY GATES AND EXIT GATES.

SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S KIND OF GROWING.

IN THE MEANTIME, UH, MY STAFF IS WORKING ON PLACING TEMPORARY GATES IN THERE SO WE CAN START GENERATING THAT REVENUE THAT THE VENDOR PROMISED THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET US OUT OF THAT.

UM, JUST A FUN FACT I GUESS ABOUT THAT.

THE VENDOR CAME IN AND WE MET WITH HIM LAST WEEK AND HE COUNTED 78 CARS IN THE PARKING LOT.

AND HE WENT AND LOOKED IN THE SYSTEM AND SAID, WE GOT ABOUT 18 THAT HAVE PAID.

SO THAT'S HOW MUCH REVENUE WE'RE LOSING VIA THE HONOR SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE SAME HONOR SYSTEM WE HAVE WITH THE LAST VENDOR.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WE NEED TO GET SOME TYPE OF, UH, PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY GATES IN PLACE.

UH, LET ME SEE.

MOVING OVER TO BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE.

UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE THE RUNWAY, UH, REHAB IS COMPLETE.

UH, THERE'S ONE ITEM LEFT OUT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND ONCE THE WEATHER CLEARS UP THE, UM, PAVEMENT MARKINGS IN SOME AREAS, THE PAINTERS HAVE TO COME BACK AND REPAINT THOSE MARKINGS.

AFTER WE GOT THROUGH THAT IN THE CONTRACT AND SAID, YES, THEY HAVE TO DO IT.

THEY'RE WAITING ON THE WEATHER TO COME AND COMPLETE THAT, THEN IT'LL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.

AND THEN, UM, ONE THING THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP OUT BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE IS THE EXTENDING THE PARALLEL, UH, TAXIWAY, WHICH THE PILOTS THAT FLY THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

UM, WE'RE ENCOURAGED FOR THAT.

THAT'S WELL UNDERWAY.

SO THERE'S

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ALL THAT STUFF HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND THE CONSULTANTS ARE NOW PUTTING TOGETHER WORKING ON THE PLANS AND ELECTRICAL AND WHATEVER ELSE WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN PUT THIS OUT FOR BID IN LOOKING AT SPRING OF 2027.

SO GOING OUT FOR BID IN 2027 IS A GOOD THING.

THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT ROLLING AND GET THE TAX AWAY EXTENDED.

IS THAT FUNDING SECURED? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING FOR THAT OR IS THAT TO BE APPROVED? THAT'S, THAT'LL BE GRANT FUNDING.

UM, ONE LAST CONSIDERATION TOO.

AND, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY, THE SITE WORK FOR THE, THE HANGERS, I CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OF THE INTERNAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON A CHANGE ORDER, A POSSIBLE CHANGE ORDER FOR A FIRE HYDRANT OUT THERE.

UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

AND THE A O SYSTEM, AS YOU KNOW, THAT DO FLATTER THERE, IT HAD TO BE REMOVED.

THE FA APPROVED A PLACE FOR IT TO GO.

WE HAVE A WORK AUTHORIZATION IN WITH THE CONSULTANTS TO DO THE FINAL DESIGN AND BIDDING PLANS FOR THAT.

SO WE KNOW THAT WHERE THE A OS IS GOING, IT'S GOING AND IT'S RIGHT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TEAR IT UP AGAIN.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS? YOU GO HIT THE CONCERNS.

THE OH, STARING ME IN THE FACE.

UH, ONE LAST THING BACK OVER TO HXD, WE ARE NEARING COMPLETION FOR THE TOWER RENOVATION.

UH, AND IN THIS PICTURES IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE THE TOP TWO PICTURES ARE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

THE COUNTERTOPS IN THE CAB, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE LAST THING THAT WE'RE DOING, WAS THE CAB WORK.

UH, AND THEN THE BOTTOM PICTURE, WE HAD NEW COUNTERTOPS PUT IN THERE AND THAT SUPPORTS SOME OF THE NEW COM EQUIPMENT THAT I GOT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO UPGRADE ALL THE COM EQUIPMENT IN THE TOWER.

SO NOW THAT COM EQUIPMENT IS BETTER SUPPORTED, UH, USER ABILITY IS BETTER SUPPORTED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ASKED FOR WAS THE ABILITY TO, UH, USE THE RESTROOM.

AND WE HAVE A, A PRIVATE RESTROOM, KIND OF A, I WANT TO SAY IT'S A, IT LOOKS LIKE A BOX ALMOST SOMETHING YOU WOULD PUT IN A CAMPER, NOT A PORTABLE RESTROOM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A DESKTOP.

YOU OPEN UP A DRAWER AND THERE'S THE ABILITY TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR POST AND GO DOWNSTAIRS, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY GOTTA DO UP THERE.

SO THEY'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S THERE, IT'S INSTALLED.

WE'RE WAITING ON THE PLUMBING TO GET CONNECTED AND THEY'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT THING TO BE DONE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID ADD ON, CHANGE ON IT IS IF YOU'VE FLOWN INTO, UH, HILTON HEAD, THE BEACON WAS ON TOP OF AN OLD TOWER AND A LOCATION THAT WASN'T GREAT.

UM, OUR MAINTENANCE REALLY DIDN'T LIKE CLIMBING THAT TOWER TO CHANGE OUT A LIGHT BULB.

SO WE HAD THE BEACON MOVE TO THE TOP OF THIS TOWER, SO NOW THEY HAVE STAIRS AND, AND IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET TO.

SO THAT WAS A GOOD CHANGE TOO.

HOW MANY CONTROLLERS ARE IN THIS, THIS NEW ROOM AT ONE TIME? IT'S CAPABLE TO HANDLE TWO CONTROLLERS.

SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE, UM, A FREQUENCY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IS FLYING AND APPROACHING INTO, AND ONCE IT GETS ON THE GROUND, THEY HAVE A GROUND FREQUENCY, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE TWO POSITIONS IN THAT TOWER, BUT THEY WORK IT WITH ONE PERSON BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRAFFIC MOST OF THE TIME.

SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS ARE BUSY DAYS, THEY'LL HAVE TWO GUYS UP THERE WORKING THAT.

SO IN THAT CASE THEY GOT THE ABILITY TO SAY, HEY, I'M GOING DOWNSTAIRS AND THE OTHER GUY CAN HANDLE IT ALL.

UM, BUT NORMALLY DURING THE WEEK, SLOW TIMES THERE, THERE'S ONLY ONE CONTROLLER UP THERE.

YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS MAYBE A TANGENTIAL QUESTION, BUT, UM, COUPLE, FEW MONTHS BACK WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, INSTALLATION OF THE, UH, SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND IS WHERE, WHERE IS THAT STATUS SURVEILLANCE? SO YOU REMIND ME FOR THE WHERE THE, THE RADAR REPEATER? YEAH, LIKE YEAH, LIKE RADAR.

OH, OKAY.

SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE AVIONICS, THE RADAR VIEWING.

RADAR SCREEN WOULD LOOK AT.

YEAH, YEAH.

YES, THAT UM, MATTER OF FACT, I SENT OUT AN EMAIL FRIDAY CONFIRMING WE HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND THAT'S WHAT U AVIONICS WANTED.

THEY WANTED THE EQUIPMENT DELIVERED.

WE HAD SOME FIBER LINE THAT WE HAD TO RUN.

WE HAVE THAT RUN.

SO NOW WE'RE SCHEDULING WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT AND SPEND THE ONE TO TWO DAYS TO JUST HOOK EVERYTHING UP AND THEN THEY'LL TRAIN THE CONTROLLERS ON HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM.

SO, UM, MY EMAIL WENT OUT AND SAYS, I'M READY TO SCHEDULE THAT DATE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME.

SO I'M WAITING ON TO HEAR FROM THEM WHAT DAY THEY'RE GONNA COME.

GREAT.

HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, IF NOT THE WEEK AFTER.

SO WHAT COVERAGE WILL THAT, I'M SORRY, WHAT COVERAGE? NO, JUST WHAT GEOGRAPHIC OF COVERAGE WILL THAT PROVIDE? UH, SO JUST KIND OF REVIEW A BACK FACE.

IT MATCHES WHAT A NO KIDDING

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UH, WE HAD TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WITH A SQUARE SCREEN SO EVERYTHING MATCHES AND FITS WITHIN THAT SQUARE SCREEN.

BUT THEY WILL SEE THE SAME VIEW THAT A RADAR SYSTEM WOULD SEE AND THEY TAP IN SOMEHOW TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT CONTROLLERS ARE USED TO.

UH, SO THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT VIEW AND IT LOOKS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO A TRUE RADAR.

THE RADIUS FROM THE CENTER OF THE AIRPORT WOULD BE FIVE MILES, 10 MILES, FOUR MILES, THE SAME AS THE RADAR.

THEY HAVE THOSE CIRCLES, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE MILES OUT, THE 10 MILES OUT.

I THINK IT GOES TO 25 OUT ON THAT 30 OUTERMOST RADI I 30, MAYBE 30 WE CAN SEE.

YEAH, OKAY.

DEFINITELY.

SO THEY HAVE A, A REALLY GOOD VIEW AND IT'S THE SAME RADAR VIEW THAT THEY WOULD GET.

WELL NO, YOU'RE COMING BEFORE YOU CALL 'EM.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S POINT.

AND THE CONTROLLERS WEEKLY USE THAT MORE REPORTING THREE MILE FINALS TO KNOW THEY'RE COMING BEFORE YOU CALL IN TO SEE ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN'T SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE.

SO THAT'S BEEN A, A PROBLEM.

SO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE UP AND USABLE THEN FOR ALL THE HERITAGE TRAFFIC? I THINK IT WILL, YES.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT I DO THINK IT WILL.

IS APRIL STILL THE OPENING TIME FOR THE TERMINAL? DON? YOU WANT ME TO HIT THAT? YEAH, I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING MID PROBABLY FOR THE TERMINAL IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME? HOWARD'S NOT HERE TO BEAT ME UP.

WELL, I GUESS HE IS HERE IF HE'S ONLINE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANKS STEVE.

YEAH, WHATEVER NEXT.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS A FUN ONE.

UM, MARLENE AND ROSS BEEN WORKING ON THIS, BUT SINCE WE'LL BE OPENING UP THE TERMINAL IN THE SPRING, WE LOOKED AT THE ENTRANCE AND YOU, IF YOU RECALL, WE REDID THAT WHOLE ENTRANCE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

IT USED TO LOOK LIKE YOU WERE DRIVING THROUGH A, A CAVE TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.

UH, SO THAT'S BEEN CLEANED UP, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO KIND OF THE NEXT LEVEL OF A, OF A NICE ENTRANCE.

SO AS YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN 2 78 AND SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE POMO DUNES ENTRANCE AND PORT ROYAL AND INDIGO RUN, ALL THOSE NICE PLACES WITH THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT, UH, ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

SO WE SOLICITED SOME PROPOSALS FROM A FEW DIFFERENT, UM, LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION.

THE MAINTENANCE COMPANIES GOT THOSE BACK AND, AND WE SELECTED ONE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE GREENERY AND THEY PUT A GREAT PLAN TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT INSTALLED.

SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL DO AN INITIAL INSTALLATION AND THEN WE'VE GOT A, A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THEM AS WELL.

SO THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT FRONT ENTRANCE, JUST, JUST THE ENTRANCE.

WE'LL, WE HAVE THE REST TAKEN CARE OF.

UM, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE CONCENTRATED UP FRONT.

BUT ANOTHER PART OF THAT, UH, CONTRACT IS AT FOUR TIMES A YEAR AS KIND OF YOU SEE AT THE PLANTATION ENTRANCES.

THEY'LL REDO THE, THE ANNUAL SEASONAL COLOR.

SO WE'LL HAVE FRESH, WE'LL HAVE SOME PERMANENT LANDSCAPING OUT THERE, GREAT PALM TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THEN EACH SEASON THEY'LL COME THROUGH AND UPDATE WITH SOME, UH, SOME FRESH NEW LOOK.

SO IT'LL BE, UH, A REALLY NICE, UM, FEATURE OUT THERE THAT'LL GO ALONG WELL WITH THE NEW BUILDING.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

NEXT ONE.

I, YEAH, DR. ROTH, WELCOME ABOARD.

HE HAD THE OFFICIAL WELCOME.

HE, UM, WAS ABLE TO COME ON A, A VISIT OUT TO THE AIRPORT ALONG WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS FROM THE, UM, LEADER HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, CHAMBER LEADERSHIP GROUP, UH, CLASS THIS YEAR.

SO HE GOT TO SEE EVERYTHING.

DID YOU GET A RIDE ON THE FIRETRUCK? I DON'T REMEMBER.

NO.

WELL, IF YOU WANT TO AT SOME POINT, I'M SURE, I'M SURE CHIEF WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU, .

ALL RIGHT, KEEP MOVING ALONG, GET THIS MOVING.

YOU HAVE THAT DEBATE ABOUT CONTRACT WORK VERSUS EMPLOYEES AND PROS, CONS, COSTS, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL COSTS AND THAT COMPARISON.

NEW TEAM MEMBERS WE'RE GROWING THE TEAM OUT THERE.

WE PROBABLY MENTIONED TO YOU OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT WE WERE STOPPING SOME CONTRACTS WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND BRINGING THOSE FOLKS ON BOARD TO BE OUR OWN TEAM.

THE TWO MAIN PLACES WE'RE DOING THAT ARE IN OUR SECURITY, UM, TEAM AT, AT THE TERMINAL AND AROUND THE TERMINAL.

AND, UH, THOSE ARE THE, THE FOLKS OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

AND, UM, THE OTHER GROUP THAT WE'RE GONNA SELF, UH, STAFF AND, AND PERFORM IS ALL OF THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE.

SO WE HAD PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED ALL THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE INSIDE THE, THE FENCE.

ANYBODY HAD TO WEAR A BADGE WERE OUR PEOPLE, BUT THEN OUTSIDE AT THE TERMINAL AND THAT WE HAD THAT CONTRACTED.

BUT NOW WE'RE TAKING THAT ALL ON OUR TEAM, ADDED A FEW FOLKS.

AND, UM, WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS JUST, WE HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND A LOT MORE ACCOUNTABILITY WITH OUR OWN FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, YOU END UP SOME PEOPLE

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BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE, WE ARE SUCH A TIGHT TEAM OUT THERE AND WE NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AND HAVE DIFFERENT TASKS DONE.

AND IT'S ALREADY PROVEN ITSELF, UM, VERY WORTHWHILE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS SOME OF THESE NEW FOLKS ON THE FENCE LINE AND GET A LOT OF OVERDUE TRIMMING AND CLEANING UP DONE ALONG OUR FENCE LINE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A SECURITY CONCERN, UM, AS WELL AS JUST NORMAL FENCE LINE AND, AND WILDLIFE CONTROL CONCERNS.

SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALREADY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SAFETY TEAM JUST STARTED FEBRUARY 1ST.

SO THESE ARE THE FOLKS YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FACES.

THEY USED TO WEAR THE SECURITAS JERSEY, NOW THEY CAME TO US TO COME WORK AT THE AIRPORT.

SO THEY'RE ALREADY TRAINED.

WE JUST GRABBED THEM AND, UM, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB SO FAR.

SO WE'RE EXCITED.

THEY'RE ALSO GONNA DOUBLE AS KIND OF INFORMATION PEOPLE OUT THERE.

SO AS THE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF HAD THE AMBASSADORS IN THE SUMMERTIME, BUT THESE WILL BE COMPLIMENTS TO THAT.

AND THESE FOLKS WILL BE THERE YEAR ROUND.

SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY KEEPING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE MOVING, BUT THEY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE TERMINAL WHERE EVERYTHING IS.

AND THEY CAN ANSWER SOME BASIC QUESTIONS AND GET, GET FOLKS SQUARED AWAY.

SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF THE BENEFIT OF BRINGING OUR OWN FOLKS TO THAT TASK SO THAT THEY CAN DO MORE THAN, THAN JUST, I SAY JUST SECURITY.

NOT TO UNDERSCORE THAT, BUT, UH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BRING SOME, UH, SOME GREAT NEW ASPECTS TO THAT JOB, I THINK.

AND THEN OUR NEW, UH, OUR OFFICER THERE TN, UM, YOUNGEST GUY ON THE TEAM BY, I DON'T KNOW, THREE DECADES OR SO, BUT , I'M KIDDING.

JEREMY'S PROBABLY THE YOUNGEST, BUT, UM, GLAD TO HAVE HIM THERE.

HE DOES BRING SOME NEW ENERGY TO THE CREW AND UH, I THINK HE'S GONNA KEEP SOME OF OUR GUYS ON THEIR TOES.

SO GLAD TO HAVE TEAM AS WELL.

AND THEN THE, SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS ON THE LEFT THERE, TAD AND ADRIAN, YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE TAD, HE, HE WENT OUT ON SABBATICAL FOR A WHILE AND THEN REALIZED THAT HE LOVED US AND, AND CAME BACK.

SO, UM, TAD AND ADRIAN ARE, ARE A GREAT CREW.

THEY HAVE DONE PROBABLY MORE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS THAN, UH, THAN WE'VE SEEN DONE IN A LONG TIME.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EAGER BEAVERS OUT THERE GETTING THINGS DONE.

THAT'S JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE, UH, LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO CAME OUT AND, UH, DR. ROTH WAS WITH THEM TOO.

I DON'T THINK HE'S, DID WE GET 'EM IN THOSE PICTURES? THIS WAS THE OTHER GROUP.

YEAH.

YEAH, WE HAD 'EM OUT IN TWO STAGES, SO WE GAVE HIM A CHANCE TO SEE THE TERMINAL AND, AND EVERYTHING AROUND THE AIRPORT.

TO INTERACT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR AIRPORT.

THIS WAS A FUNNY ONE.

THIS HAD REALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH US, BUT IT WAS FUN.

SO HE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT THE AIRPORT, IT'S, IT'S A FUN PLACE.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN YOU GET SOMEBODY WITH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIGN OR AN ANNIVERSARY SIGN.

WELL THIS PERSON WENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SO IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.

UM, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS, WAS IT KATHLEEN WHO TOOK THOSE PICTURES? YEAH, SO KATHLEEN, WHO'S NOW ON OUR SECURITY TEAM, USED TO WORK FOR SECURITIZED.

SHE'S THE ONE WHO TOOK ALL THESE PICTURES.

SO SHE NOTICES ALL THIS FUN STUFF GOING ON AND, UH, THAT WAS KIND OF FUN.

SO THE AIRPORT'S A PLACE FOR, UH, FOR LOVE AND FUN.

MONSTER.

LOOKS LIKE A ALRIGHT.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

THEY, THEY WERE, THAT'S PRE SECURITY.

SO THEY, THEY CAN WANDER AROUND THOSE SUITS, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE CHECKPOINT, ALL BETS ARE OFF.

YEAH, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A FUN ONE.

OH YEAH.

ALRIGHT, SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT REAL ID.

WELL IF YOU JUST HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THAT IN THE LAST DECADE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, REAL ID AND PASSPORTS, IF, IF YOU'VE JUST BEEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, YOU CAN STILL FLY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THIS NEW CONFIRM ID.

SO IT'S GONNA COST YOU $45 AND IT'S EVERY 10 DAYS.

SO IF YOU FLY SOMEWHERE FOR 11 DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA PAY IT TWICE.

SO JUST, YOU KNOW, GO GET YOUR REAL ID.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S THAT.

IF YOU'RE CONFUSED, GO TO THE TSA WEBSITE AND ALL THE SOLUTIONS OR ANSWERS ARE THERE.

GRAND OPENING EVENTS, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION COMING TO YOU.

AGAIN, I, I HATE TO DANCE AROUND THE OPENING DATE OF THE TERMINAL, BUT IT IS MOVING BECAUSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW, WE ADDED THAT BAR THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE CONCOURSE THAT PUSHED US A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE THERE'S MORE WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE.

WE HAD SOME CHANGE ORDERS, BUT THAT'S WORTH IT.

SO WE WILL GET YOU INFORMATION ON THE GRAND OPENING EVENTS.

WE'LL DO AN OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE CHAMBER, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE A KIND OF AN EVENING EVENT INVITE ONLY EVENT AS A GRAND OPENING.

SO WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.

HERITAGE VOLUNTEERS.

IT IS A SEASON, UM, RBC HERITAGE COMING UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

SO APRIL'S ROLLING AROUND.

SO JUST REMEMBER WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, SKY BOX TYPE THING ON THE, UM, 10TH GREEN.

AND I ALWAYS SAY WE'RE ALSO ON THE 16TH TEE 'CAUSE WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT THERE.

IF YOU LEAN TOO FAR OUT, YOU MIGHT GET HIT WITH ONE OF THE DRIVES OFF OF 16.

UM, BUT IT'S A REALLY COOL VENUE.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO VOLUNTEER OUT THERE, UM, CIO'S PROBABLY GONNA END UP COORDINATING THAT.

BUT IT, IT'S REALLY COOL OUT THERE.

IT'S A FUN WAY TO, UH, TO SEE THE TOURNAMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT TIME

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UH, WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT CONTACTS.

LESLIE'S BEEN THERE, RICH HAS BEEN THERE, TOM'S BEEN THERE.

WHO ELSE HAS WORKED OUT THERE? BUT IT'S, IT'S A FUN TIME.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA VOLUNTEER, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S GREAT PEOPLE WATCHING.

UM, AND IT IS JUST FUN TO BE RIGHT OUT THERE AT THE GREEN TOO.

10TH, 10TH HOLE IS NOT AN EASY PLAYING HOLE.

SO IT'S, IT'S FUN TO WATCH THOSE GUYS COME UP.

SO, YEAH, LESLIE AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER.

WE THINK THAT, UH, THAT HERITAGE WEEK, UH, KIND OF, UH, COMBINES UP WITH IT DOES, BUT IT'S JUST THE FLY FROGS A SATURDAY.

YEAH, SO MARK, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RUN THE RACE, GET A SHOWER, GRAB A BURGER ON THE WAY OUT, YOU COULD FLY DOWN TO HILTON HEAD MARK.

SO THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR YOU TO NOT DO BOTH EXCEPT THE TRANSPORTATION FROM UH, UH, HONEY HORN IS UH, OFF TO GET ONTO THE VENUE HOURS.

WELL, WE KNOW PEOPLE CERTAIN HOURS WE KNOW WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET YOU, WE'LL GET YOU.

STOP ME THE LAST TIME.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF.

YEAH, WE KNOW PEOPLE.

ALRIGHT, SO MARK'S GONNA RUN MARLENE FOR THAT SIGN UP.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S OFFICIAL.

GREAT.

I THINK I'D RATHER, I THINK I'D RATHER DO DONATE MONEY INSTEAD OF RUN.

WELL, WE'LL GET YOU OUT THERE POINTING THE RUNNERS.

WHICH WAY TO TURN.

HOW'S THAT? ? A LAWN CHAIR.

DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? LAWN CHAIR AND A COOLER.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

AND THEN FINALLY THE, UH, SCAA CONFERENCE, YEARLY CONFERENCE IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK.

SO STEVE, BRANDON AND I WILL BE GOING TO THAT.

AND, UM, STEVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMON USE SYSTEM GO GOING IN THE, UH, THE TERMINAL AND HOW WE HAVE TO COORDINATE SOME OF THIS STUFF 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALL NEW TO US.

ALONG WITH THAT, ALONG WITH ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE, STEVE AND I ARE GONNA GO OVER TO, UH, MYRTLE BEACH.

THEY HAVE THE SAME COMMON USE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME KIND OF CHALK TALK AND WAR GAMING WITH THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHERE THE BOOGEYMAN IS IN THE SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN THINGS START TO HAPPEN, WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT AS BEST WE CAN AND, UH, HAVE SUPPLIES OR THE RAPID RESPONSE IT TEAM READY TO DEAL WITH THIS STUFF.

BUT WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE STAFF AT, UH, AT MYR TO DEAL WITH THAT TOO.

SO KIND OF A GOOD WAY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, KILL A COUPLE OF BIRDS WITH ONE STONE WHILE WE'RE UP THERE.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT.

THANK YOU.

WELL THAT'S A GOOD DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

THANKS JOHN.

UM, ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MOVE ON TO NEW

[IX.1. CONTRACT AWARD - RECOMMENDATION OF CONTRACT AWARD TO LOW COUNTRY COMMERCIAL SERVICES FOR HXD JANITORIAL SERVICES - VOTE]

BUSINESS.

WE GET ON TO THE ACTION ITEM THERE.

SO, ALRIGHT.

STEVE, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS? I WOULD, FIRSTLY FIRST VOTE IS STEVE'S BUSINESS, NOT MINE.

SO , I'LL LET, UH, FIRST UP ON THE ACTION ITEM IS THAT CONTRACT AWARD, UM, FOR LOW COUNTRY COMMERCIAL SERVICES, WE PUT, IT WAS DUE, WE HAD TO PUT OUT A BID FOR THE JANITORIAL SERVICES AT THE TERMINAL AT THE AIRPORT.

AND I WILL SAY WHEN THE BID WENT OUT, WE HAD AN AN, I DON'T EVER WANNA SAY AN OVERABUNDANCE, BUT WE HAD A VERY GOOD, UH, REPLY, UH, AN AMOUNT OF BUS, UH, BIDDERS, RIGHT? RICH, I KNOW YOU SAW THAT.

UH, SO WE HAD TO GO IN AND WE SCORED EVERY SINGLE ONE.

WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE ONE.

SO MUCH SO THAT, WELL THERE WERE SO MANY THAT BID ON THIS PROJECT.

WE BROUGHT THE TOP FIVE, I THINK IT WAS THE TOP FIVE BACK IN AND WE INTERVIEWED THOSE GUYS AND THEN WE RESCORED THOSE AGAIN.

UM, PERSONALLY I'LL SAY, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD ZERO ISSUES IF THEY WERE, THEY'RE VERY MINOR ISSUES WITH OUR CURRENT, UH, CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS LOW COUNTRY COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

AND AFTER THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND THE SCORING PROCESS, THEY WON THIS AGAIN.

SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE OUR JANITORIAL SERVICE IN THE HANGAR.

AND REMEMBER THEY'RE TAKING ON THIS BID IS TAKING ON THE NEW SIDE OF THE TERMINAL.

SO, UH, WE'RE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE SPACE THAT ZO FLOOR YOU SAW, THEY HAVE TO DO TRAINING ON THAT, ON HOW TO CLEAN IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT.

SO THERE'S A LOT MORE INVOLVED IN THIS CONTRACT THIS GOING AROUND THAN THERE WAS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON WHO WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE TERMINAL FROM JUNE.

I THINK IT'S JULY 1ST, JULY 1ST JULY 1ST GOING FORWARD.

SO LOW COUNTRY COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

I WILL SAY THAT DURING THE, MY TIME DURING THE AMBASSADOR PAST YEAR OR SO, THEY SEEM TO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE GETTING THINGS DONE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE, UH, THE CLEANING, THOSE TERRAZZO FLOORS TAKE MACHINES, RIGHT? MACHINES AND THAT THEY HAVE THOSE MACHINES OR THE AIRPORT'S GONNA HAVE THEM.

EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, SOMEBODY IS CLEANING SOMETHING, DOING SOMETHING, PICKING SOMETHING UP AND MOVING SOMETHING.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE THERE WHEN YOU NEED 'EM AND THEY'RE INVISIBLE WHEN YOU NEED 'EM TO BE INVISIBLE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT 'EM.

UM, I TAKE IT THE CONTRACT IS PROBABLY GOING TO INCLUDE A LITTLE MORE MONEY BECAUSE AREN'T WE GONNA NEED MORE PEOPLE WITH THE SIZE, MORE SIZE MORE PEOPLE? SO, AND WE DID NOTICE THAT, UH, ALL THE BIDS THAT CAME IN WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING AND WE HAD TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE WITH THE NEW AREA AND THE NEW THINGS.

SO YES, IT'S GONNA BE MORE, BUT OUR REVENUE, LIKE BRIAN WILL GO OVER LATER AFTER THIS MEETING.

IT DEFINITELY COVERS THAT.

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IN THE PLANS.

WE HAVE A PARKING SPOT FOR THAT MACHINE AS WELL.

ON THE NEW SIDE.

SO , HOW LONG IS THE CONTRACT? UH, IT'S ONE YEAR RENEWABLE UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL YEARS.

SO TOTALLY FIVE YEARS SHOULD EVERYTHING RENEW AUTOMATICALLY FOR THE REMAINDER? FOUR.

NO ISSUES.

DO WE WANT TO GET SOME MOTIONS MOVED? GOT ONE HERE, GOT A SECOND.

GOT ANOTHER ONE THERE.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ISSUES WITH IT, THEN IN THE NEGATIVE, LET ME KNOW.

IF NOT, WE'LL UH, SHOW THAT AS APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT ONE

[IX.2. HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPLY FOR TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND ACCOMMODATIONS TAX (ATAX) GRANT FOR TOURISM MARKETING - VOTE]

[IX.3. HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD) - RECOMMENDATION TO APPLY FOR COUNTY HOSPITALITY TAX (HTAX) GRANT FOR TOURISM MARKETING - VOTE]

IS HILTON

[IX.4. BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ARW) – RECOMMENDATION TO APPLY FOR COUNTY HOSPITALITY TAX (HTAX) GRANT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE - VOTE]

HEAD.

THIS JUST, I'LL LET YOU RIGHT THESE, UM, THESE NEXT THREE ARE PRETTY SIMPLE.

IF YOU WANTED TO GROUP 'EM, YOU PROBABLY COULD.

UM, WE APPLY FOR, UH, THROUGH HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO THE TOWN, UM, AT TAX FUNDING EACH YEAR TO DO SOME OF OUR INBOUND MARKETING.

SO THAT'S ANYWHERE BEYOND 50 MILES.

UM, AND COMING IN, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WASHINGTON, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE WELL OUTSIDE 50 MILES, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT COVERS.

EACH ONE OF THESE, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT A, A GOVERNING BOARD, THEN THEY JUST WANT TO HAVE A COPY OF THE MINUTES THAT SAYS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR THAT AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA USE IT.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UM, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO ARE BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND THOSE ARE FOR THE HOSPITALITY TAX.

SO THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS AAX IS A BED TAX, SO YOU STAY IN A HOTEL, YOU'RE PAYING THE AT TAX, AND THEN HOSPITALITY TAX IS FOR, UH, PREPARED FOOD AND BEVERAGES.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE WHEN YOU, IF IF ANYBODY LOOKS AT THEIR BILLS ANYMORE, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM.

YOU JUST HAVE TO OFFICIALLY APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS FROM THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND EACH ONE OF THOSE JUST WANTS US TO CHECK A BOX THAT SAYS YOU FOLKS HAVE APPROVED THAT WE APPLY FOR 'EM, APPROVED WHEN YOU APPLY.

BUT THEN AFTER YOU APPLY, THEN WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THOSE GRANTS WOULD BE YET.

THAT COMES LATER.

RIGHT.

SO WE'LL APPLY FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND WE HAVE TO SPECIFY WHAT WE INTEND TO USE THOSE GRANTS FOR.

YOU'RE NOT GUARANTEED TO GET THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT YOU APPLY FOR.

SO SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME, SOME WHITTLING AFTER THE RECEIPT.

DO YOU, THE RECEIPT YOU WANNA ASK FOR, FOR EACH OF THE, OR WHAT, WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR IN THE PAST OR WHAT KIND OF BENCHMARKS HAVE BEEN? WELL, THE, THE ATAC FROM HILTON HEAD IS USUALLY PRETTY STEADY.

WE, WE ASKED FOR I THINK 175 THIS YEAR, AND I THINK WE RECEIVED 160.

UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S COMPLETELY MARKETING MONEY.

SO THAT'S FOR ALL THE EXPEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING IT, IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

I MEAN, WE COULD SPEND THAT IN, IN A, IN A WEEK.

UM, BUT THAT'S AN ANNUAL NUMBER.

UM, AND THEN WITH THE, UH, HOSPITALITY TAX, THE GOOD THING ABOUT, THERE'S DIFFERENT RULES THAT GOVERN THOSE, THOSE, THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS, HOSPITALITY TAX CAN BE USED A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCALLY.

SO THAT'S NICE.

SO SOME OF OUR LOCAL EFFORTS, WE CAN USE HOSPITALITY TAX, SO THAT MIGHT BE LOCAL RADIO, TV, BILLBOARDS, EVENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON.

UM, THEY CAN ALSO SUPPORT TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A, SOMETHING ON THE AIRPORT THAT IS REALLY KIND OF DESIGNED FOR VISITORS, WE COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY THAT MONEY TOWARDS A PROJECT LIKE THAT.

SO WE WORK THROUGH ALL THAT AS, AS WE PUT THE APPLICATIONS TOGETHER.

SO WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRIEF, YOU KNOW, EACH, EACH SUBCOMMITTEE IF, IF WE NEED TO, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMIND ME TO TO DO THAT SERIOUS.

WHAT, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHAT WE GET IN THE PAST FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

DOES THE, DOES THE CHAMBER PROMOTE THE AIRPORT AS PART OF THEIR HILTON HEAD PROMOTION? WELL, WE, WE DO COOPERATIVE ADVERTISING WITH THE CHAMBER.

SO THE, THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT MONEY THAT, OF THE, AT TAX MONEY THAT WE GET FROM TOWN OF HILTON HEAD COFFERS IS DONE.

UM, WE COOPERATE WITH THE CHAMBER.

SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL MARKET THE DESTINATION.

WE'LL MARKET THE AIRPORT AND WE WE DO A CO-OP SET WITH THEM.

SO WE DO, WE DO, AND THEY, AND THEY DO WORK WITH US AND I'M, I'M ON THE CHAMBER BOARD AS WELL.

SO THEY, THEY'VE BEEN BIG SUPPORTERS AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR US AT THE TERMINAL AND EVERYTHING.

SO, SO THIS TOURISM MONEY GOES TO THE CHAMBER MOSTLY TO A JOINT, A TAX MONEY? YEAH.

A JOINT VENTURE TYPE THING TO PROMOTE THE AIRPORT OR, WELL, OUR SPEND NOW, WE, WE DO A CO-OP PROGRAM WITH THEM.

SO WE, WE ENGAGE WITH EXPEDIA, BUT THE CHAMBER'S ALSO ENGAGING AT THE SAME TIME.

SO BASICALLY WE GET MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK WHEN THE TWO

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OF US DO THAT TOGETHER.

WE'RE PAYING FOR A PROGRAM THROUGH THE CHAMBER AND EXPEDIA AT THE SAME TIME.

I KNOW YOU HAVE MENTIONED THIS, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT THE HOSPITALITY, UM, CONTRACT, WE'VE DETERMINED WHO'S GONNA BE OUR RESTAURANTS, RIGHT? IS THAT, DO WE HAD A CONTRACT OUT ON THAT ALREADY? CORRECT.

ON YEAH, THIS, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS.

THAT'S NOT THAT KIND OF HOSPITALITY, BUT THAT'S CONCESSIONS.

WAS THAT MADE, WAS THAT CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AS TO WHO'S DOING CONCESSIONS BACK IN THE EARLY FALL? WE DID.

YEAH, WE DID THAT MONTHS AGO.

IT'S STILL TAILWINDS OR IS IT, IT'S OKAY.

BUT, BUT WHAT I'M GETTING TO, ARE THERE GONNA BE LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND LOCAL PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT CONTRACT? OR IS IT ALL TAILWINDS? YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN, THAT'S NOT THESE ITEMS. WE CAN TALK OFFLINE IF YOU WANT TO.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT ITEM.

SORRY.

OKAY, YOU SIR, HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON, I THINK WE CAN, IS IT OKAY TO GROUP THESE? I WOULD THINK SO.

THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL VERY, THEY'RE ALL APPLICATIONS, SO FOR THE SAME TYPE STUFF.

SO WE'RE GONNA GROUP THESE TWO THROUGH FOUR, UH, PROOF.

GOT A SECOND.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? NOPE.

UH, APPROVE THEN GO, GO ASK FOR SOME MONEY.

THANK YOU SIR.

THAT'S ALL WE DO.

OKAY, CHAIRMAN, UPDATE.

WELL, THE, THE REGULAR CHAIRMAN DIDN'T LEAVE ME ANY UPDATES, SO I'M GONNA GO AROUND THE ROOM AND SAY, DOES ANY OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA SHARE? YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMMITTEE REPORTS.

I DON'T.

ALL

[XII. CITIZEN COMMENT (Limit comments to three minutes)]

RIGHT.

UM, CITIZEN COMMENTS, WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT.

ANY ONE BRIEF? GO AHEAD.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

UM, YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED A NOTE FROM MS. ROCIA WITH REGARD TO, UM, PROCEDURES THAT ARE NEW, UM, BACK IN DECEMBER 8TH, THE COUNTY APPROVED RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU'RE SITTING SOME NEW PROCEDURES AND WE FAILED TO, UM, ADVISE YOU OF THAT.

UM, AND IT CAUSED A LITTLE CONCERN WITH SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS IN THE PROXIMITY WITH, UM, YOUR SEATS.

UH, AS WE SPEAK AT THIS MOMENT, I'VE ASKED THE TEAM TO PUT TOGETHER A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE THAT WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T FORGET ADVISING YOU GOING FORWARD.

SO, UH, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION AND, UH, EVERYTHING WITH THESE ASSIGNMENTS.

AND, UH, DR. ROTH, UH, WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ASSIGNMENT HERE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UM, WITH THAT, YOU'LL SEE, I WOULD BELIEVE, UH, A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE PUT IN PLACE, UM, GOING FORWARD.

YES, SIR.

IF, IF I READ IT CORRECTLY, REAPPOINTMENT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE, THE, UM, VETTING THAT THAT APPEARED IN, IN THAT DOCUMENT, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

WHAT'S GOING ON BY A STANDARD OP OPERATING PROCEDURE.

BUT IT'S INTERESTING, UM, UH, HOWARD ACKERMAN, I BELIEVE IS ONLINE, UH, FOR THE COUPLE YEARS THAT HE WAS, UH, CHRIS BUTLER.

ARE YOU NOW, UM, UH, HE WOULD JUST, UH, SHIFT OR TRANSFER SOMEBODY WITH, UM, IN YOUR RANKS TO A PROXIMITY POSITION HAD OPENED.

HOWARD, MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

IS THAT, THAT'S CERTAINLY, YEAH, I'M HERE.

OH.

OH, OKAY.

UH, EDDIE, ANYWAY, I'M MENTIONING YOUR NAME THAT YOU DID LIKE TO TRANSFER WITH THE PROXIMITY VOTING.

UH, A AGAIN, THE NEW PROCEDURE THAT CAME OUT DECEMBER 8TH SAYS THAT IS NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED ANYMORE.

IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCEDURE AS APPOINTING SOMEBODY NEW TO THE BOARD.

AND YOU GOT THAT NOTE YESTERDAY FROM OIA, UM, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR IN THAT ONE TALKING ABOUT THAT SHIFT THAT WAS ALWAYS DONE BY THE CHAIR.

SO AGAIN, YOU NEED A HEADS UP TO THAT SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

EACH ONE'S GONNA BE ADMITTED.

HOW MANY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE INVOLVED IN DETERMINING WHO GETS A SEAT ON THE BOARD? NOW, YOU KNOW, HOWARD, I LIKE YOUR THINKING.

UM, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONNA CHANGE.

IT'S JUST GOTTA GO THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AS THE, UM, YOU GOTTA GET ON TO MATCH BOARD AND SIGN UP IF YOU WANT TO BE A, A BOARD MEMBER.

ALL THIS NEW PROCEDURE, WHICH I DIDN'T REALIZE WE'D NEVER GOT TO YOU, UM, BACK ON DECEMBER 8TH, JUST SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T JUST ARBITRARILY DO A SHIFT.

NOW ALL THEY'RE SAYING IS YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE BOARD, LIKE THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO DO THAT.

AND, AND LISTEN, YOUR, UH, PROCEDURES WILL BE, YOU'LL KNOW THIS AHEAD OF TIME.

YOU WON'T BE GUESSING AT THIS, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER, BELIEVE ME.

UM, AND IF YOU AND I LEAVE OUR SPOTS, WHICH MAY BE 30, 40 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE'LL RE RETIRE FROM THIS .

UM, PEOPLE THAT COME IN OUR PLACES WILL KNOW EXACTLY

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SO THERE WON'T BE ANY GUESSING IN THIS GOING FORWARD.

JOHN, THIS RELATES TO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, BRIAN'S REAPPOINTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO GET REAPPOINTED.

ABSOLUTELY, YES.

CORRECT.

AND THAT'S WHY HE SAT IN THAT INTERVIEW LAST WEEK AND OR, UM, WHATEVER DAY IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE.

BUT YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS WAS DONE JUST BY THE SHEER SHIFTING AS MR. ACKERMAN DID OR WHOEVER DID EVEN BEFORE THAT, THAT WAS GOING ON FOR YEARS.

SO, FAIR ENOUGH.

HOWARD, DID WE ANSWER THAT OKAY OR YEAH, I THINK SO.

WE'LL WAIT TO THE, THE FORMAL GUIDELINES, UH, ON MAIL DOWN.

WELL THAT, WELL WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT PROCEDURE TOGETHER BECAUSE THESE EMAILS, I, I HEARD FROM MR. BAILEY HERE THAT HE WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO OPEN UP THE, IT'S PROBABLY, IT'S PROBABLY MY IT ISSUE.

WELL LISTEN, EITHER WAY YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR IT, THERE SHOULD BE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE PROVIDED TO EVERYBODY AT THE SAME TIME.

NO CONFUSION AND NO GUESSING.

FAIR ENOUGH.

WE'LL GET IT.

IS JOHN, IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU? GOOD.

WASN'T, WASN'T BRIAN'S SHIFT BEFORE THE DECEMBER 25 OR DECEMBER, 2025 RULE THAT YOU GUYS, THAT THE COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE MRSS? I I WILL SAY THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS PROBABLY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER THAT MR. BUTLER PUT THAT THROUGH, MADE THAT OFFICIAL REQUEST.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE DOCUMENTATION AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.

WE'LL GET THIS DONE THE PROPER WAY.

WE'LL DEAL WITH, UM, THE LACK OF NOTIFICATION.

ALL BELIEVE ME, IT'S, UH, BEING LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF HE APPLIED YES SIR, THEN, THEN IT SHOULD JUST BE, SHOULD BE DONE BECAUSE YOU GUYS DIDN'T CHANGE THE RULE UNTIL AFTER HE APPLIED.

WELL, UM, YOU WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS ON THAT, I PROMISE.

FAIR.

CAN WE GET A LIST OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS AND WHAT SEATS THEY OCCUPY SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT SEAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN BASED ON THE LEGISLATION? UH, UH, HOWARD ABSOLUTELY WILL GET THAT DONE.

THAT'LL BE PART OF THAT PROCEDURE.

UM, SO IT WON'T BE, UM, WE WON'T HAVE TO GUESS AT THAT ANYMORE.

WHETHER IT'S FROGMORE HERE, PROXIMITY TO FROGMORE, PROXIMITY TO HILTON HEAD, YOU'LL KNOW IT ALL AHEAD OF TIME.

THERE WON'T BE ANY, YOU KNOW, WHO'S, UH, DONE WHAT.

IT'LL BE AUTOMATIC.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THEN THAT WE KNOW OUR TERMS EXPIRATION, RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL, RIGHT? A HUNDRED PERCENT.

THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS RAISING, DAVID.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE, LIKE, IF I WANT TO STAY ON THE BOARD, I WANT TO APPLY WELL IN ADVANCE SO I DON'T SKIP ANY MEETINGS.

SO, AND THAT'S UP TO THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR TO GO, WELL, DAVID'S GONNA EXPIRE HERE.

DO YOU WANT TO REAPPLY? YES.

OR WELL, LET'S DO THIS WELL IN ADVANCE.

SO ABSOLUTELY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO REAPPLY.

WE JUST HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE GONNA, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

RIGHT.

AND THAT'S ALL TAKES WHATEVER THE PROCEDURE IS, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT CHANGING SEATS, THE CORRECT, THE ASSIGNED SEAT BASED ON YOUR LOCATION.

THAT'S, AGAIN, THIS WILL BE CLEAR, IT'LL BE CONCISE, IT'LL BE STEPPED AND YOU'LL KNOW IT AHEAD OF TIME.

YOU WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH IT.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT ROLE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FULFILL.

WE HAD SOME DEALINGS WITH THIS FOR A WHILE NOW, THE LAST MONTH OR SO, AND IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'LL GET IT DONE.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND WE WILL HAVE THIS TAKEN CARE OF.

THANK, OH GOD APPRECIATE YOU.

UM, HAVING NO MORE CITIZEN COMMENTS, MOVED TO ADJOURN.

I MAKE THAT MOTION.

GOT ONE SECOND.