Commissioners split on generator bids, approve Thornton Plumbing 3-2 after transfer-switch concern

May 5, 2025

Greenwood County commissioners voted 3-2 to accept a bid from Thornton Plumbing & Electric to install a generator at the Noxious Weed Building after an earlier motion to accept a different bidder failed; a commissioner flagged that none of the bids included a transfer switch.

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Preston Malcolm Obourn, chair of the Greenwood County Commission, presided over a May 5 meeting in which commissioners approved a bid from Thornton Plumbing & Electric to install a generator at the county’s Noxious Weed Building.

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