Votes at a glance: Kershaw County Council, Oct. 14, 2025

Kershaw County Council took a series of unanimous votes Tuesday. Below are the motions, who moved or seconded when recorded, and the recorded outcomes.

- Agenda adoption (Item 4): Motion to adopt the agenda; passed unanimously. (Mover: not specified on record; second: Mr. Cato.)

- Minutes approval (Sept. 23, 2025): Motion to approve minutes; passed unanimously. (Mover: Mr. Shoemake; second: Mr. Thompson.)

- Ordinance 7a (rezoning, approx. 0.5 acres): Motion to approve second reading for rezoning from residential to B-2 to allow church expansion; passed unanimously. (Mover: Mr. Tomlinson; second: Mr. Shoemake.)

- Ordinance 7b (joint multi-county business park): Motion to adopt on third reading; passed unanimously. (Mover: Mr. Shoemake; second: Mr. Tucker.)

- Ordinance 7c (Comprehensive Plan): Motion to adopt the comprehensive plan on third reading; passed unanimously. (Mover: Mr. Shoemake; second: Mr. Thompson.)

- Appointments (8a'c): Council approved multiple reappointments by unanimous vote: Lanny Gunter (planning commission reappointment; motion by Mr. Cato), Rick Jay (Recreation Advisory Commission; motion by Vice Chairman Russell Bridal), Mason Wolf (planning commission; motion by Vice Chairman Russell Bridal). Remote votes from Councilman Tucker were recorded as "yes."

- Executive-session authorizations and votes (Section 12, held under S.C. Code 30-4-70): The council returned from executive session and took four recorded actions: 1) 12a - Settlement authorization: Motion to authorize the county administrator to execute documents to effectuate settlement in Hintemeyer v. Kershaw County et al., on terms discussed in executive session; passed unanimously. (Mover: Mr. Shoemake; second: Mr. Cato.) 2) 12d - Opioid litigation: Motion reauthorizing the county's standing authorization for local outside counsel in opioid litigation to execute settlement agreements on behalf of Kershaw County; passed unanimously. (Mover: Mr. Shoemake; second: Mr. Thompson.) 3) 12e - Sewer pump-station transaction: Motion to authorize the county administrator to quit claim and decommission an old sewer pump station in return for dedication of a new pump station within the Sylvan Ridge subdivision; passed unanimously. (Mover: Mr. Shoemake; second: Mr. Thompson.) 4) 12c - County administrator contract: Motion to offer the county administrator a one-year contract beginning Oct. 15, 2025 and ending Oct. 15, 2026, with salary $165,000 per calendar year and a $9,600 annual vehicle allowance; passed unanimously. Contract includes one-year renewal options cancelable by either party on 60 days' notice. (Mover: Mr. Shoemake; second: Mr. Thompson.)

Ending: All recorded votes at the Oct. 14 meeting passed unanimously; several items (notably the 7a rezoning) will return for additional readings or administrative follow-up as noted in staff directions.