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Oconee County staff to inventory and relocate records from DHEC building amid Clemson clinic expansion questions
Summary
County staff described plans to inventory records stored on the second floor of the former DHEC facility and to work with the South Carolina Department of Archives while continuing discussions with Clemson Rural Health about a planned clinic expansion; a timeline will return to council after due diligence and a July follow-up.
Oconee County council members heard that staff will inventory and move county records stored on the second floor of the former DHEC facility as part of ongoing conversations about a Clemson Rural Health clinic expansion.
Miss Brock, a county staff member, told the council the county had conducted an inventory and requested the South Carolina Department of Archives to advise each department on what records must be retained under law and on annual disposal procedures. "I have made a request for South Carolina Department of Archives to come and give each 1 of our departments that has records in the facility an overview of the law of what is required to be kept," Brock said.
The records currently are stored offsite and county staff said the plan is to bring records back to this county facility so they will not be handled multiple times during transfers. Council chairman (identified in the meeting as "Mister Root") introduced the item and said the county should "move forward with a plan to evacuate the Second Floor and go through the records, categorize the records, destroy their records. The law will allow us to destroy," he said.
Brock said she had emailed Dr. Gimbel of Clemson after a strategic plan meeting to signal the county's interest in Clemson's expansion. She also noted she had read that Clemson had a budget freeze and said the county would revisit the matter with Clemson in July. "We will work forward in our processes while we revisit that matter with them again in July," Brock said.
When asked to return with a timetable, Brock said she could present one at the next council meeting. No formal vote was taken on the records plan during the discussion.
The discussion clarified only administrative steps: inventorying records, seeking guidance from the state archives, and coordinating further with Clemson University. The council did not adopt any policy changes or authorize demolition or destruction beyond the steps Brock outlined.
Follow-up: Brock said she would prepare a timetable and return to the council with proposed next steps after the county completes the recommended archival review and recontacts Clemson in July.
