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Votes at a glance: Hilton Head Island Town Council, May 6, 2025
Summary
Council approved the FY2026 consolidated budget, a Novant Health bond resolution, multiple property and signage measures, the DMO FY2026 plan, and advanced a fire-truck lease-purchase ordinance at first reading; most measures passed unanimously.
Summary of formal council actions taken May 6, 2025. All votes listed were recorded during the regular Council meeting.
- Consolidated FY2026 municipal budget (ordinance): Approved 7-0. Motion to adopt the FY2026 consolidated budget (total $174.7M, general fund $59,754,000; beach renourishment allocation $47.5M). Motion moved by Miss Bryson and seconded by Mister Alfred.
- Resolution supporting issuance of tax-exempt bonds for Novant Health (IRC §147(f)): Approved 7-0. Resolution authorizes support for up to $855,000,000 in revenue bonds by the National Finance Authority for Novant Health projects; Novant indicated approximately $15,000,000 dedicated to Hilton Head Medical Center. Motion moved and seconded; unanimous vote.
- Ordinance (second and final reading) authorizing ingress/egress easement to 104 Cordillo Parkway (Cordillo Courts and The Hedges): Approved 7-0. Town attorney reported no changes since first reading.
- Amendment to FY2025 budget to appropriate funds for land acquisitions (first reading): Motion moved and seconded; recorded as approved at first reading (7-0). Acquisitions include 69 Pope Avenue ($2.9M), Mitchellville acreage ($1.8M) with county contribution expected, and a 1.98-acre Beach City Road parcel ($1.2M).
- DMO FY2026 marketing plan and budget: Adopted 7-0. Plan shifts additional resources to digital marketing (approx. $1.2M) and includes a $200,000 golf-marketing allocation.
- Ordinance authorizing tax-exempt lease-purchase agreement for fire trucks (first reading): Motion passed at first reading with direction to change drafting language from "may" to "shall" for acquisition language; financing up to $8,000,000 is proposed with proceeds to be deposited into the hospitality-tax fund and used to reimburse previously purchased apparatus as deliveries are completed.
- Resolution authorizing sign agreement for Cordillo Courts and The Hedges at 104 Cordillo Parkway: Approved 7-0.
Where a final outcome requires a second reading or additional documentation (for example, the fire-truck lease purchase), the council directed staff to return with revised language and supporting materials.
