At a meeting of the Greenville County Committee on Finance, members approved a set of grant applications and awards covering parks improvements, animal services and public safety equipment.

The approvals included awards and applications for funds from the ASPCA, the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, federal homeland security programs, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The committee voted on each item by motion and voice vote; each motion passed.

Miss Paris, presenting the animal care services item, said, "Item a is a grant that the animal care services division was awarded from the ASPCA in the amount of $30,000. There's no match required, and this is for, to support 6 fee waived adoption weekends and Camp Fetch Away, a new pet foster program." The committee approved that award by voice vote.

County staff presented a $100,000 award to Parks, Recreation and Tourism for facility upgrades at the Mount Pleasant Community Center; Don Schumann from Park Center Creation was present for questions. The committee also approved the sheriff's annual school resource officer award from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, a $2,117,529 grant to fund 15 school resource officer positions and their associated equipment; Sergeant Dave Ruth attended for questions.

Other approved items included a $595,017 application for bomb squad equipment, a $524,500 application for SWAT team equipment through regional homeland security funding, and a $62,517 U.S. Department of Justice community policing microgrant to buy two LTE-connected speed feedback trailers and five LODR units for the sheriff's community speed management program. Parks grants approved included a Parks and Recreation Development Fund application for $90,114.02 (county match $18,022.80) to renovate tennis, pickleball and basketball courts at Southside Park, and a Land and Water Conservation Fund application requesting $1,000,000 federal with a $1,000,000 county match for repaving roadways and parking, adding sidewalks and enhancing athletic courts at Northside Park.

Committee members made each motion and approved the items by voice vote; the record shows the motions carried with "ayes" from the committee. The funding sources and required county matches, where applicable, were announced during the presentations. No formal dissent or roll-call vote counts were recorded in the transcript excerpt.

The approvals allow county departments and the sheriff's office to proceed with grant acceptance or application steps; staff will continue implementation and follow-up per department procedures.