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Council approves $2,000 one-time bonus, renames rainy day fund and debates keeping millage after reassessment
Summary
Charleston County council approved a $2,000 one‑time bonus for eligible full‑time employees and voted to rename the rainy‑day fund as a Disaster Reserve Fund with an amended 8% aspirational upper boundary, while declining to adopt staff’s recommendation to hold the millage at its current level after reassessment.
County staff told council three near‑term financial items require action: a one‑time staff bonus proposal, changing rainy‑day fund policy, and whether to maintain the current millage rate following reassessment.
Council voted to approve a one‑time $2,000 payment for full‑time employees who worked a full schedule through 2025. The motion to fund the bonus from fund balance was moved and seconded and carried on a roll call, with the clerk recording the motion as passing “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ayes and 2 nays.” Chair and staff explained the one‑time cost of the bonus was…
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