Presentations from previous HLAD meetings

2024

Remarks - Mayor Barbara Blain-Bellamy, City of Conway, President, Municipal Association of SC (audio)
Remarks - Todd Glover, Executive Director, Municipal Association of SC (audio)
Keynote: 2024 Economic Outlook - Laura Dawson Ullrich, Senior Regional Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte Branch (presentation and audio)
Legislative Committee Report and Legislative Briefing - Mayor Greg Habib, City of Goose Creek; Scott Slatton, Director of Advocacy and Communications, and Public Policy Advocates Joannie Nickel and Erica Wright (audio)
Primer on Polling - Scott H. Hoffman, Professor of Political Science, Director, Center of Public Opinion and Policy Research at Winthrop University
Act 57 of the 2023 SC General Assembly Presentation – Josh Gruber, Deputy Town Manager, Town of Hilton Head Island

2023

Remarks – Mayor Rick Osbon, City of Aiken, President, Municipal Association of SC (audio)
Remarks – Todd Glover, Executive Director, Municipal Association of SC (audio)
Keynote Address: Civility and Ethics – Dr. William McCoy, Director, Rutland Institute for Ethics, Visiting Professor, College of Education, Clemson University (audio) (presentation)
Legislative Panel Discussion – Senate President Thomas Alexander (R-Oconee) and House of Representatives Majority Leader David Hiott (R-Pickens) with Mayor Rick Osbon, City of Aiken, moderating (audio)
Legislative Committee Report and Legislative Briefing – Mayor Barbara Blain-Bellamy, City of Conway; Scott Slatton, Director of Advocacy and Communications, and Public Policy Advocates Joannie Nickel and Erica Wright (audio)
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2022

Remarks – Councilmember Kathy Pender, City of Rock Hill, President, Municipal Association of SC
Remarks – Todd Glover, Executive Director, Municipal Association of SC (audio)
Law Enforcement Reform Legislative Panel Discussion – Senator Shane Massey, Aiken; Representative Chandra Dillard, Greenville; Representative Tommy Pope, York; Representative Chris Wooten, Lexington; Mayor Barbara Blain Bellamy, City of Conway (audio)
Federal Advocacy Panel Discussion – Alyssa Leigh Richardson, State Director and Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Tim Scott; David O'Neal, District Director, Office of Congressman Ralph Norman; Mayor Rick Osbon, City of Aiken (audio)
Legislative Committee Report – Mayor Rick Osbon, City of Aiken, Legislative Committee Chair, Municipal Association of South Carolina (audio)
Political Outlook Panel Discussion – Reagan Kelley, Director of Communications and Legislative Policy, South Carolina Senate Majority Caucus; Antjuan Seawright, Founder and CEO, Blueprint Strategy, LLC; Mayor Cornelius Huff, City of Inman (audio)
Census Report and Statewide Analysis – Jerry McKibben, McKibben Demographic Research (presentation)
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2020

Keynote Address
– Senator Harvey Peeler, President, South Carolina Senate (audio)
– Senate Panel Discussion (audio)
Remarks – Mayor Cornelius Huff, City of Inman, President, Municipal Association of SC and Todd Glover, Executive Director, Municipal Association of SC (audio)
Legislative Briefing – Mayor Cornelius Huff, City of Inman, President, Municipal Association of SC; Melissa Harrill, Research and Legislative Liaison, Municipal Association of SC; and Scott Slatton, Director of Advocacy and Communications, Municipal Association of SC (audio)
Place Branding and Economic Development – Catherine Dority, Director of Marketing, Explore Charleston; Seth Kines, Executive Director, Visit Lake City SC; and Eric Vinson, City Administrator, City of Travelers Rest
– Presentation
– Audio
SC PEBA Update – Travis Turner, Chief Financial Officer, South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority
Cities Mean Business magazine (Winter 2020 issue)
Proposed Business License Legislation Explained (January 2020 Uptown)
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2019

Keynote Address – Governor Henry McMaster (audio)
Panel Discussion: Legislative Briefing (audio)
Crisis Communication – When Disaster Strikes – Allen Heidler, Police Chief, Florence; Phillip Hendrick Jr., Fire Chief, Conway; and Kelvin Washington, Police Chief, Darlington (audio)
Lunch Address – Kim Stenson, Director, South Carolina Emergency Management Division (audio)
2019 Advocacy Initiatives Target Funding, Police (December 2018 Uptown)
Cities Mean Business magazine (Winter 2019 issue)
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2018

HLAD speakers: Press for change (March 2018 Uptown)
2018 Advocacy Initiatives call for action (December 2017 Uptown)
Abandoned Buildings Revitalization Act
Municipal Tax Relief Act
Enclave Annexation
Bill to remove city control over plastic bags on hold for the year (April 2017 Uptown)
Raising Hometown Voices to a New Level of Influence – An advocacy guide for South Carolina hometowns
Panel Discussion: Retirement System Reform (audio)
Panel Discussion: Local Government Fund (audio)
Keynote Address – Hugh Weathers, Commissioner, S.C. Department of Agriculture (audio)
Opioids: An Unprecedented Crisis for Public Safety and Policy Makers – Dr. Arnold Alier, EMS Division Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control; Major Frank O'Neal, South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division; and Todd Spradling, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, United States Drug Enforcement Administration
2020 Census Update – Will Roberts, State Political Cartographer, S.C. Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office
Small Cell Antennas – Eric Budds, Deputy Executive Director, Municipal Association of SC
Cities Mean Business magazine (Winter 2018 issue)
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2017

2015

2014

Senate Panel - Senator Ray Cleary, Murrells Inlet, Senator Joel Lourie, Columbia, Senator Shane Massey, Edgefield, Senator Nikki Setzler, West Columbia

2013

2012