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Council approves tower lease renewal, land purchase and multiple ordinances; seeks federal funds for new police facility
Summary
At its March 11 meeting the Hartsville City Council approved final readings or first readings for several ordinances and two resolutions, including a tower lease renewal for AT&T, purchase of 16 acres south of the wastewater plant, and an application for federal appropriations toward a new police building.
The Hartsville City Council on March 11 approved multiple ordinances and resolutions in a series of voice votes, moving forward on a cellular tower lease renewal, a land purchase, several zoning and historic-designation items and two resolutions addressing lake management and a federal appropriation request for a new police facility.
Council members recorded unanimous voice votes on the measures; no roll-call tallies naming individual votes were recorded in the public portion of the transcript.
Key items approved included a renewal of the lease allowing AT&T (successor to New Cingular Wireless) to maintain cellular equipment on the Pool Street water tower; an ordinance authorizing exercise of a purchase option to buy 16 acres south of the wastewater treatment plant; first readings to lease 149 West Carolina Avenue to the Darlington County Humane Society and to add 118 West Carolina Avenue to the city's historic district; and a rezoning first reading for property on Prestwood Drive from R-1 to B-2 to allow townhome development.
Council also approved Resolution 032502, a memorandum of understanding with the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services for aquatic plant management in Prestwood Lake to address an algae bloom, and Resolution 032503 authorizing the city to apply for FY2026 community project funding through the appropriations subcommittee for the Department of Justice-related agencies. The resolution says the proposed new police building is a $10 million project for which the city will seek $7.5 million in federal appropriations and would provide a $2.5 million local match.
Remarks during the meeting included a staff presentation that the 16-acre purchase is for property south of the wastewater treatment plant and that the police building would be sited at Sixth and Carolina to extend downtown; no public speakers addressed the ordinances during the open-public-hearing windows. The council opened and closed the public hearings where required and then took voice votes to approve each item.
The council moved into executive session following the open meeting for contract negotiations related to property transfer, per the meeting agenda.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 4486: Renewal of lease with AT&T for cellular equipment on Pool Street water tower — final reading approved (voice vote). - Ordinance 4487: Authorize exercise of purchase option for 16 acres south of wastewater treatment plant — final reading approved (voice vote). - Ordinance 4488: First reading to lease 149 West Carolina Ave to Darlington County Humane Society — first reading approved (voice vote). - Ordinance 4489: First reading to add 118 West Carolina Ave to historic district and amend design guidelines — first reading approved (voice vote). - Ordinance 4490: First reading to rezone property on Prestwood Drive from R-1 to B-2 for townhome development — first reading approved (voice vote). - Resolution 032502: MOU with SCDES for aquatic plant management in Prestwood Lake — approved (voice vote). - Resolution 032503: Authorize application for FY2026 appropriations request for new police facility ($10M total; $7.5M requested; $2.5M local match) — approved (voice vote).
No recorded roll-call tallies or named yes/no vote records were entered in the public transcript for these items; motion and second were stated for each item and the chair called the voice vote.
