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Committee advances $2.4M in affiliated-agency funding to budget; agrees to fund living-shoreline bed restoration portion
Summary
The committee voted to advance affiliated-agency funding requests totaling $2.4 million to the town's budget process and discussed a term sheet to fund the outside foundation's bed-restoration work (reimbursement request ~ $46,000), with staff noting possible funding via the beach-preservation fee.
The Beaufort County Administrative Committee advanced affiliated-agency funding requests totaling $2.4 million to the Town of Hilton Head Island's budget process after a presentation and discussion on April 13.
Angie Stone presented a draft term sheet for an outside foundation's living-shoreline work and said staff narrowed the focus to the bed-restoration portion of the program. Stone told the committee that "if we fund the bed restoration portion of that, under the request for 46,000, since it is a reimbursement scenario, should they not spend that much on bed restoration, we would be able to retain it," and she said the town could provide the funds through the beach-preservation fee.
Committee members asked for clarity on program scope and metrics. One committee member, Stafford, pressed staff about the Sea Turtle Patrol's reliance on town funding and said the packet showed the town's contribution at roughly "159 plus" against a listed budget that the speaker described as "3.74," representing more than 42% of that group's reported budget. Stafford said that high proportion is a concern for future years when the group may not be directly tied to a town project.
Several members said the outside foundation's living-shoreline work can meet the committee's affiliated-agency criteria when the town limits support specifically to the living-shoreline/bed-restoration scope rather than funding the foundation's entire program. A motion by committee member Alfred to "move forward, through the budgeting process, the affiliated agency requests as listed in this package totaling 2.4 million dollars" carried on an affirmative voice vote and will be taken to the full town council.
No final budget allocations were approved at the committee meeting; the action was to forward the requests to the council-level budget deliberations. Staff and the committee asked that future materials include program metrics, cost-per-linear-foot estimates for restoration, and a memorandum of understanding that limits town funding to the living-shoreline scope the committee supports.
