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Beaufort County Council approves grants, calendar updates and consent items; several FAA grants accepted
Summary
Council approved a seven‑item consent agenda, accepted multiple FAA grants for airport projects (including a $5 million terminal grant), approved an infrastructure planning grant for AllJoy Community, and adopted an updated meeting calendar with a November review of start times and locations.
Beaufort County Council on July 15 approved routine and grant items on its agenda, including airport grants, a planning grant for a community nonprofit and an updated meeting calendar.
Key actions approved without objection or with brief discussion:
• Consent agenda: Seven consent items were approved without objection.
• Item 17: Council authorized the county administrator to accept an infrastructure planning grant from the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority to AllJoy Community (motion approved).
• Item 19: Council accepted a $5,000,000 FAA Airport Terminal Program grant for HXD terminal improvements (motion by Mr. Reitz; no objections recorded).
• Item 20: Council approved acceptance of FAA grant funding for Hilton Head Island Airport Taxiway F rehabilitation contingent on final FAA offer. Members noted there was only one eligible bidder (APAC) for runway work and discussed bidder eligibility and procurement visibility; staff said only certain vendors are eligible to bid on runway projects.
• Item 21: Council accepted an FAA grant of $137,209 for HXD airfield drainage design and bidding (contingent upon final FAA offer).
• Item 22: Council approved an updated meeting calendar and agreed to revisit start times and meeting locations at the November meeting to consider changing county council meetings to a 6:00 p.m. start and committee meetings to 4:00 p.m. beginning in the 2025 calendar.
The meeting also included the county administrator’s first report and staff recognitions for long‑service employees.
