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Votes at a glance: Council approves rezonings, Project Bolt agreements and multiple board appointments
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting Greenville County Council approved two rezoning ordinances, a fee-in-lieu-of-taxes (FILO) agreement with Bolt Solar LLC and an amendment to enlarge a multi‑county industrial park, and confirmed several board and commission appointments. Several other items were referred to committee or held for further review.
Greenville County Council on Feb. 4 approved a package of zoning and economic development measures and confirmed multiple appointments during a meeting at County Square.
The council adopted two zoning ordinances at third reading, approved a fee‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes (FILO) agreement for Bolt Solar LLC (formerly “Project Bolt”), and approved an ordinance to enlarge the joint Anderson‑Greenville industrial business park (the “2010 Park”). The council also confirmed a slate of board and commission appointments and referred at least one industrial‑park amendment back to the finance committee for additional review.
The most prominent votes were: the two third‑reading zoning ordinances listed on the agenda and the Bolt Solar FILO ordinance. Council held public hearings on the Bolt Solar items before taking final action. The council also voted to enlarge the joint Anderson‑Greenville industrial park by ordinance.
Several appointments were approved by voice vote: eight people to the Board of Tax Assessment and Appeals; four people to the Human Relations Commission; and one council member appointment to the Greenville Area Development Corporation seat. The council moved and approved the consent agenda earlier in the meeting.
Other procedural actions included referring an ordinance to require broadcasting of council and standing committee meetings to the Communications and Government Affairs Committee, and sending a separate Greenville‑Anderson park amendment item back to the finance committee for further consideration.
Votes recorded in the meeting transcript were by voice (aye/oppose) without roll‑call tallies. The transcript does not include numeric vote counts for the items listed here; where a formal tally was not given the meeting record indicates the measures were carried by voice vote.
Votes (as recorded in meeting transcript): - Approval of minutes for Jan. 21, 2025 regular council meeting — voice vote, carried. - Consent agenda — voice vote, carried. - Zoning: Charlie Zulu 2024 TAG 071 (property on North Rutherford Road and Pine Drive; request from AR to AG) — adopted at third reading; voice vote, carried. - Zoning: Charlie Zulu 2024 TAG 023 (property at 6615 Bethel Church Road and Augusta Road; request from AR to S‑1) — adopted at third reading; voice vote, carried. - Bolt Solar LLC (Project Bolt) — ordinance authorizing execution and delivery of a fee‑in‑lieu‑of‑tax and special source credit agreement between Greenville County and Bolt Solar LLC — adopted (voice vote; a motion to hold for two weeks was made and then withdrawn; final vote carried). - Multi‑county industrial business park agreement (enlargement of the 2010 Park shared with Anderson County) — ordinance adopted; voice vote, carried. - Greenville‑Anderson multi‑county industrial park amendment (Item 9a on the agenda) — motion approved to send back to finance committee for further review (referred to finance committee). - Appointments to Board of Tax Assessment and Appeals — Donald Dufala, Joe Farmer, William Lloyd, Yvonne Matthews, Chris Prince, Kenneth Riley, Thomas Sanders and Arthur Young — approved by voice vote. - Appointments to Human Relations Commission — Daja Bostic, Lashawn Lightsey, Dexter Reeves and Amelia Sanders — approved by voice vote. - Appointment of a council member to the Greenville Area Development Corporation — Gary Collins (appointed) — approved by voice vote. - Ordinance to require broadcast of council and committee meetings (first reading presented on behalf of Councilman Steve Shaw) — referred to Communications and Government Affairs Committee.
Notes: The meeting transcript contains several voice votes reported as “aye” or “so carried” with no roll‑call or numeric tally recorded in the text. Where the transcript records a motion to hold an item (for example on the Bolt Solar FILO) the motion was withdrawn before final vote on that item.
