Central council approves Jan. 13 minutes, $1,000 for AFJROTC and moves into executive session

The Town of Central council on Feb. 10 adopted the regular meeting minutes from Jan. 13, approved $1,000 in funding for the Daniel High School Air Force Junior ROTC and then voted to move into executive session to discuss legal and contractual matters.

A council member moved to adopt the Jan. 13 regular meeting minutes and a second was recorded; the motion carried on a voice/hand vote with no roll-call tally provided. The adopted minutes were included in the council's packet and had been available for review during the work session prior to the meeting.

Mayor (name not specified) asked for unanimous consent to add a late agenda item: $1,000 in general-fund support for the Daniel High School Air Force Junior ROTC. The mayor described the $1,000 as "in 2 payments of $500; 1 is for a funding requirement for a grant that they are seeking... and the other 1 would be $500 for 4 scholarships for students who are taking the summer cadet leadership course." The council approved the funding by voice/hand vote; no individual votes or documented tallies were provided in the meeting minutes.

Later in the meeting, a motion was made under the South Carolina Code of Law to enter executive session to discuss a legal matter and a contractual matter. The motion to go into executive session carried on a council vote; the meeting recessed for executive session. The council cited "South Carolina Code of Law, section thirty-four-seventy 8 1" and "section thirty-four-seventy 8 2" when announcing the reason for the closed session, as stated in the meeting transcript; no statutory citations beyond the wording in the meeting were provided.

All three procedural items were resolved by the council during the Feb. 10 meeting; no additional public votes or roll-call tallies were recorded in the publicly read motions.