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Finance committee hears FY2027 funding requests, delays decision on oyster‑restoration funding
Summary
The Town of Hilton Head Island Finance & Administrative Committee reviewed FY2027 affiliated‑agency funding requests from recreation, cultural, transit and conservation groups, approved forwarding most requests for council action, and asked for more financial detail before deciding on the Outside Foundation's oyster shell restoration request.
The Town of Hilton Head Island's Finance & Administrative Committee on March 9 took up FY2027 funding requests from affiliated agencies and directed staff to forward most requests for council consideration while pausing a decision on an oyster‑restoration application pending more program‑level financial detail.
The committee heard presentations from several nonprofits and quasi‑public partners. Finance Director Dave Bird opened the agenda item, saying the committee would take formal action after receiving information and committee feedback. "We did go through and we had meetings with every committee over the last few weeks," he said, introducing the agencies.
Leah Arnold, representing the Hilton Head Island Recreation Association, described 2025 program outcomes and a proposed FY2027 operational request. "With the funds that you presented to us in the past 2025, we were able to produce over 124 different programs and events" and she said the group recorded more than 600,000…
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