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Votes at a glance: York County Council, April 7, 2025 — key approvals and referrals
Summary
Council approved multiple rezoning cases, ordinance changes and funding actions on April 7. The list below summarizes formal votes and outcomes recorded during the meeting.
York County Council took votes on several routine and substantive items at its April 7 meeting. Below are concise summaries of formal actions recorded in the meeting minutes and transcript. Items that were the subject of extended debate are covered in separate articles.
Votes at a glance (items, short description, outcome):
- Case 25-03 (first reading) — Council-initiated rezoning to bring three existing multifamily communities into RMX-6 to correct nonconforming status; Planning recommended approval 6–0; council approved first reading (unanimous).
- Case 25-04 (first reading) — Rezoning of two existing homes to RSF-30 to permit subdivision; Planning recommended approval 7–0; council approved first reading (unanimous).
- Case 25-05 (first reading) — Property line swap between two parcels off Holbrook Road to correct fence encroachment; approval conditioned on recorded deeds within 90 days; Planning recommended approval 7–0; council approved first reading (unanimous).
- Text amendment (minor subdivision definition) — Amendment to Chapter 154 to clarify minor-subdivision rules and exempt lots created before Oct. 21, 2019; Planning recommended approval; council approved (unanimous).
- Sale of property on Kanawha Street (third reading) — Ordinance authorizing sale, execution of contract and issuance of deed for parcels on Kanawha Street; council approved (unanimous).
- Second reading, Case 24-61 — Rezoning from RSF-40 to RMX-10 (1.71 acres) in District 7; council approved second reading (unanimous).
- Design contract (Consent, item 26) — Approve Mead & Hunt, Inc. design contract, not to exceed $4,853,228.44, for US 21 widening (Pennies By project 24-34013); council approved (unanimous).
- Consent item (defer) — Case 25-02 (rezoning from RMX-10 to OI, 1 acre in District 7) was deferred to the next meeting at council request.
- CDBG application (new business) — Authorized application for and acceptance of, if awarded, a Community Development Block Grant of $1,667,500 for the State Line waterline extension project in Lake Wylie; council approved (unanimous).
- Agreement for matching funds (new business) — Authorized an agreement between York County and the Affordable Communities Group LLC (and related entities) for matching funds for the Lake Wylie waterline extension; council approved (unanimous).
- Resolution (new business) — Council suspended referral rules and adopted a resolution pledging support for matching funds for the CDBG application; council approved (unanimous).
- Sheriff pay ranges (new business) — Approved a 5% increase in law-enforcement pay ranges and an across-the-board increase for employees within those ranges; council approved (unanimous).
- Infrastructure credit agreement (first reading) — First reading approved for an ordinance authorizing execution of an infrastructure credit agreement related to a project identified as "Project Unagi" and placement in a multi-county industrial park (three readings required); council approved first reading.
- Intergovernmental agreement amendment (first reading) — First reading approved for a proposed Fourth Amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with the City of Rock Hill relating to multiple redevelopment plans; council approved first reading.
- Committee nominations and small grant allocations — Council forwarded multiple board and commission nominations from the Finance and Operations Committee and approved small community-funding requests (Palmetto Woman’s Center $3,000; Long Live Jared Blake Foundation $2,500; Fourmile Care Center $5,000; and others) as presented.
Procedural notes: where the transcript shows "All those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, motion carries," council votes were recorded as unanimous in the meeting record. Two items noted above had recorded roll-call-style results: the Fort Mill School District impact fee (final third-reading vote, 4–3) and the ordinance amendment regarding assignment of the Fort Mill Rescue agreement to Atrium Health Fort Mill EMS Inc. (after executive session, amendment approved 5–2). Several other items, including multiple rezonings and consent approvals, were adopted with no opposition noted on the record.
