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Key actions recorded at the meeting:

- Ordinance 24-0-1-18 (rezoning): Council approved on third reading the rezoning of a 22.2-acre parcel (TMS 195-00-00-068) from Urban Development 1 to Industrial; public comments raised environmental and mitigation questions. (Action: ordinance adoption; outcome: approved; vote recorded as \"unanimous\" in transcript.)

- Ordinance 25-0-01 (administration/personnel committees): The council passed the second reading of an ordinance amending code provisions related to council committees; the motion carried unanimously.

- Resolution 25-R-14 (CDBG county needs assessment priorities): The council adopted a resolution establishing priorities for the county's 2025 annual Community Development Block Grant needs assessment; motion carried.

- Resolution 25-R-15 (sole-source turnout gear): The council approved a resolution designating Lowturn Gear as the sole source for the county's firefighting turnout gear and authorized the fire rescue commission to purchase from the designated manufacturer/distributor for up to five years.

- Resolution to appoint board members: The council approved an appointment by acclimation (Victoria Linus) to a judicial and alcohol/drug board vacancy; motion carried.

- Ordinance 25-O-02 (airport fuel farm financing): Council moved first reading by title of an ordinance authorizing lease-purchase financing not to exceed $1,500,000 for construction of a fuel farm at the Lowcountry Regional Airport; the ordinance was advanced on first reading.

Where the transcript recorded votes as unanimous it did not provide individual member tallies. The council recorded motions, seconds and \"aye\" votes for each of the above measures and took no recorded opposing votes in the meeting transcript.

Council minutes will reflect formal roll-call results and provide the official vote tallies for the record.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Colleton County Council Meeting March 4th, 2025 6:00 PM","oneSentenceSummary","At its meeting the Colleton County Council approved a rezoning ordinance, adopted multiple resolutions including county CDBG priorities and a sole-source designation for turnout gear, made a board appointment and advanced a lease-purchase financing ordinance for a fuel farm at the regional airport on first reading.","taxTitle","Colleton County, South Carolina","taxId",71096,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652005,"Board of Voter Registration thanks council for new facility, reports turnout figures and requests poll worker pay review",106,2319000,2425000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73&start=2319&end=2425","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73/thumbnail_2319000.jpg","/articles/6652005/Colleton-County/South-Carolina/Board-of-Voter-Registration-thanks-council-for-new-facility-reports-turnout-figures-and-requests-poll-worker-pay-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652005-69b059e6a1e7f7fd31795b2fadb1e6d0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770445387&Signature=WbdB~1m6BPZm7WC5XDbAW~VSUwYqp~RnyQp-7i0MxrDuPSTruHIK3otyTeWvIWakXso11GLBwzJB4MZNymkC0fGoAz37dVPMjC1x9xlf8zs37Zg3mGX4xfEL~s2ZagPx-a2z78Nbc-sOgeZtdwtip9sfHxPmTtfaG1xG8r7qnL-SK7Rt5vCxAg93UYF2i1AmaIxMfGuJqIfWs9roKBgVhBE0Yz-5UHiRQhbGyBUpNNWOu4p9CPK4BSMjX02g8FCQsyE6eocES1sh8rWjtbwMyBHNVait6z12GKKykFuErgt8qQz-Fv3YeKEP67ghb2zrlGp4rEqRnaDKKTv0jJdkig__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Angela Upchurch, director of the Colleton County Board of Voter Registration and Elections, and deputy director Cynthia Williams briefed the council on the office's move into a new facility and the administration of the 2024 general election.

Upchurch said the new office's layout eased a last-minute statewide scanner upgrade and supported early-vote operations. She reported that of 18,381 votes cast in the referenced election, 9,916 were cast during the early-voting period and that the office served a record approximately 650 curbside voters. The drive-through design of the new facility, she said, enabled convenient service for elderly and handicapped voters.

Upchurch praised poll workers and managers for their work during early voting and asked council members to consider a budget supplement for poll managers and precinct clerks. She said precinct poll managers receive $135 for training and election-day service and that clerks receive $195; the board requested the council consider a supplement to increase those amounts to help with recruitment and retention.

The board thanked several county staff and officials by name for assistance with the facility renovation and election execution, and invited council members to tour the new office. The council did not take immediate action on the request but heard the presentation and said county staff would follow up on budget questions.","The Colleton County Board of Voter Registration and Elections thanked the council for support of a new office, reported early voting and curbside turnout figures from the most recent election, and asked county officials to consider a pay supplement for poll managers and clerks.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652010,"Technical College of the Lowcountry urges expanded workforce training in Colleton County, cites SCWIN funding opportunity",472,2798000,3270000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73&start=2798&end=3270","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73/thumbnail_2798000.jpg","/articles/6652010/Colleton-County/South-Carolina/Technical-College-of-the-Lowcountry-urges-expanded-workforce-training-in-Colleton-County-cites-SCWIN-funding-opportunity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652010-ac2b52c75f51ef10a136d3822ddfce77/orig.mp4?Expires=1770445387&Signature=N5Orcznl~WPtg6PI53LDderpOg8PRSqamScKlaDjZ2QJZ9vqEcqgWrfhMzPEZ3XFGVLy-yX4Y3oHQEZ2kqKgUeT9JuClKSib66JBQ7mEoJIOTB2OvSTJhuI-v-vrfIOTROz3s40K8J59~ZYz3AHSeu8-UBbvWG0SK9-3ykv7Cnzdi3AFWYQTcFu1Ao7hg5tdMdLDZK~UgPQHq~wktqXQlnRZYN2KZ-9yKXz3ofo8Kq2uj0eHK0adNGnaurF5A8DG0sRlfs436hj8W4JHVCHgHTxOl5VnxXinDijbnzpEgBUO2dyE~dkLdeQscP4ReRb3ZGcPj8nFpdDm0XON46nWWg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representatives of the Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) told the Colleton County Council they are expanding operations in Colleton County and urged support for a larger local facility that could host workforce programs currently only available outside the county.

TCL officials reported that, for the July 1 to Dec. 30, 2024 period, 276 Colleton County residents applied to TCL: 12 applied to college-credit programs and 64 to workforce (noncredit) training. The presenters said 70 Colleton County students were enrolled in college-credit programs and 90 in workforce courses during that window, with 17 students participating in dual enrollment.

Speakers emphasized that South Carolina's SCWIN scholarship (referred to in the presentation as the SC WIN/Workforce scholarship) provides up to $5,000 a year for eligible workforce credentials but that many Colleton County residents must leave the county to use that funding. \"Expanding access to Colleton County residents. Currently, too many Colleton County students in order to take advantage of this SCWIN scholarship money must leave Colleton County in order to do that,\" a TCL representative said.

TCL proposed bringing programs such as commercial driver's license (CDL) training, welding, plumbing, manufacturing/mechatronics, CNC, EMT, HVAC and nursing to a larger local facility so students could train and obtain industry credentials without leaving the county. TCL noted workforce programs are often free to South Carolina residents under technical-college scholarship programs and emphasized the college's mission to serve both students and local employers.

TCL leaders asked council members to consider facility support and policy steps that would allow SCWIN and similar scholarships to be used locally. They said doing so would improve retention of trained workers in Colleton County and help meet employer demand for family-sustaining wages.","Officials from the Technical College of the Lowcountry asked the council to support expanded local training facilities so Colleton County residents can use SCWIN (state scholarship) funds locally for workforce credentials including CDL, welding, nursing and cybersecurity.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652015,"USC Salkehatchie outlines student supports, STEM bus grant and nursing partnerships for Colleton County",610,768000,1378000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73&start=768&end=1378","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73/thumbnail_768000.jpg","/articles/6652015/Colleton-County/South-Carolina/USC-Salkehatchie-outlines-student-supports-STEM-bus-grant-and-nursing-partnerships-for-Colleton-County","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652015-5d7239c767be240770ccf6263488cfbf/orig.mp4?Expires=1770445387&Signature=lPIvYm~VP64LBRAf52q5mdWcqIlKWVdoOmuYp2uMCoiXBlE9ATMjxVx6xbtglW725Zmfpeeqbn65m6zAHUN41RgXgK74C4nx4SJ4sFeRtxuJSwWMXFslq9xNz9FVafD8YhCwsVFVIFs0angEiRqpwY3FvilaxZ~-wkmu8kTaCIzfwWL8rZ9MV6yWsOKaVNjeZn57JHoIFXebp8ijdl-kQFC-aM9NifyTGzpxbDO3rmDkaWY-xr3Uc6UsT7JRv2AxlctFr7~Non-73vO5E7KzxSwVrclZ6oi~lo93vTGQOS06p5VTlfCCMCL0CWjhhp69WrZaJeE1mSlP3Nww6vx5og__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dr. April Cohen, campus dean at USC Salkehatchie, told the Colleton County Council that the regional campus is expanding local education and outreach efforts, including a recently awarded grant to fund a mobile STEM unit.

\"We were established in 1965,\" Dr. Cohen said, describing the small-campus environment and the university's student-faculty ratio of about 14 to 1. She said USC Salkehatchie served more than 5,000 students in the last decade and enrolled 281 Colleton County students in 2024-25; the campus has awarded nearly $2.27 million in LIFE scholarship awards to Colleton County students over the past 12 years.

Cohen said the campus received a grant from the Department of Energy's environmental management program for just over $1.9 million to build a STEM bus focused on clean-energy solutions. The grant will fund a mobile classroom the campus will bid out to design and equip. \"The main focus particularly for this grant is clean energy solutions,\" she said. The bus will visit schools across the campus's five-county region and provide hands-on equipment to K-12 students, she added.

On health care training, Cohen said USC Salkehatchie is partnering with USC Beaufort to provide a bachelor of science in nursing pathway for local students; historically the program has accepted up to 16 local students in the junior and senior years. She said the technical and transfer relationships within the USC system allow students to complete two-year degrees locally and then pursue four-year programs across USC campuses with seamless transfer options.

Cohen also described campus facilities available to the public, including I Carolina Labs (opened in 2022 with governor's emergency education relief funds), community lecture series and student engagement activities. She said the Walterboro campus lacks a large community space for students and public gatherings and that leaders are seeking funding for that need.

Council members asked how widely the STEM bus will operate; Cohen said it will serve the campus's five-county area. She also described ongoing negotiations to sustain the nursing program in collaboration with regional partners.","USC Salkehatchie campus dean Dr. April Cohen presented enrollment and scholarship figures, a nearly $1.9 million Department of Energy grant for a STEM outreach bus focused on clean energy education, and ongoing nursing partnerships that serve Colleton County students.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652020,"Colleton County council rezones 22.2-acre parcel on Grapevine Highway; residents press environmental concerns",559,3811000,4370000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73&start=3811&end=4370","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2497195-0e6a8dc683574e41be9c2e472de3ff73/thumbnail_3811000.jpg","/articles/6652020/Colleton-County/South-Carolina/Colleton-County-council-rezones-222-acre-parcel-on-Grapevine-Highway-residents-press-environmental-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652020-21f8c57af79406899c22893d09b3b81e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770445387&Signature=ZJZPH6i9FrK1NhznKbztyJBefbJKQpcuJh4V9rmX44NZMW-RXhkzc2CrZX~2QGRZUp96JJE7SlTA2tsVlmEJIc1imwCLIAAwio1ajzhJAuMcHEdUMJF8NK~Scof9tBMry0~OzKn7F8hL5VcM2XvyYW1oPumltJWth0-bbgrnN8oP4vPN5Fx-wqy9ogpGN4GP9QOATxEovTqyMiv6~o6n5Qea5wkAFBRodEXMkJVWxdMiCbGEDMXTyGAkNjxIB1eNMKNdFs1WLG2hoWnhKcYBFZxMAJYsH9WMOaJYBG3XTE-VXMB2N78Nbau3TfBuUdY7qnAFO55iCOkMuDix3p9HWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Colleton County Council voted unanimously to rezone a 22.2-acre parcel on Grapevine Highway identified as TMS 195-00-00-068 from Urban Development 1 (UD-1) to Industrial after a public hearing and three readings of the ordinance.

The rezoning corrects a long-standing mismatch between the property's official land-use designation and its historic use, county officials said, but does not approve any specific industrial operations at the site.

At the public hearing, residents who live near the parcel urged the council to ensure that any soil or water contamination linked to prior industrial operations be identified and remediated before new uses begin. \"If there were any mitigation issues done in regard to this subject, the property itself, and how it's being cleared up,\" said a resident who identified himself as David of Cutskill Road, asking whether previous cleanup actions were part of the rezoning process. Michael Kinery, also a nearby resident, said the property sits next to Pringle Creek and said he feared storage or container operations could exacerbate historic pollution and drainage problems.

Council members and staff said the rezoning action only changes the property classification; any specific development would require separate permit reviews by the county and relevant state agencies, where environmental and mitigation questions would be addressed. \"What we're doing tonight is changing the zoning designation,\" the chair said during the hearing. \"When the owner decides the scope of their project, they will have to apply and go through the permit process and do whatever agencies are involved.\" The chair added that the rezoning corrects an administrative error so the parcel's zoning aligns with its historical use.

Council advanced the ordinance through the required readings and approved the rezoning on third reading; the council recorded the vote as carried unanimously.

Next steps for the parcel will depend on any development proposals submitted to the county and on reviews by agencies such as the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for environmental permitting requirements.","The Colleton County Council voted unanimously to reclassify a 22.2-acre parcel on Grapevine Highway from Urban Development 1 to Industrial after a public hearing in which nearby residents raised questions about past contamination and future mitigation obligations.","actionData","errors"]

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