Council approves property purchase, park acceptance, industrial park amendment and a community center contract

The North Charleston City Council on March 27 unanimously approved multiple routine items, including final reading of an ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute a purchase-and-sale agreement for two parcels (TMS 393 Parcel 138 and part of TMS 393 Parcel 136) at an appraised value of $2,782,500.

Council members also approved a resolution to accept a portion of Hayes Way in Council District 2 and authorized an amendment to the agreement for development of the Joint County Industrial Park so that additional property inside the city can be included. A bid award was approved for the remodel of the Persephone Newcic Community Center to Geechee South Construction LLC of Charleston for $132,000. Councilors also approved the advertised Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) item following the public hearing. Item 6 on the agenda was withdrawn without objection.

The measures were put to roll-call votes. The clerk recorded aye votes from Ms. Jerome, Dr. Palmer Roberts, Ms. Brown, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Skipper, Mr. Brown, Mr. Roan, and Mayor Reginald L. Burgess on the items called during the meeting; no no votes, abstentions, or recusals were recorded in the transcript for those items.

Most items drew no extended discussion and were approved after motions, seconds and roll-call votes. The CDBG matter had been advertised as a public hearing; council members discussed providing outreach and workshop information for future applicants so residents who did not receive funding in this cycle could better prepare their applications.

The full roll-call for each item is reflected in the formal minutes and the clerk’s recorded attestations. The meeting record shows the mayor calling the votes and the clerk announcing the tally for each action, all of which passed as recorded during the session.