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Votes at a glance: council approves proclamations, consent items, spending amendment and settlement after executive session
Summary
During the meeting the Charleston County Council approved Black History Month proclamations, several consent items, a right-of-way acquisition step for a road project (heirs properties), Charleston Home phase, a FY2025 budget ordinance amendment for special-purpose districts, and authorized a settlement after an executive session on a case listed
Charleston County Council recorded a series of routine and substantive approvals during the meeting, including proclamations, consent items, a right-of-way acquisition step and an executive-session settlement.
Proclamations and consent: Council approved two Black History Month items (2a, 2b) and approved consent agenda items 3a through 3c (resiliency and sustainability advisory group committee) by voice vote; the clerk recorded “ayes have it.”
Right-of-way/legal process: Council approved an action allowing the county to proceed with right-of-way acquisition for a road project involving heirs’ properties where some heirs cannot be identified. County staff (Mr. Adams) told council three of the four tracts had signed concurrence letters and that funds for an undivided heirs’ parcel would be deposited with the clerk of court for heirs to claim; staff said the county follows the state-approved appraisal and acquisition process. Council recorded the approval by voice vote.
Contracts and projects: The council approved item 5a (Charleston Home phase; motion moved and seconded, vote recorded as “aye”) and item 6a (FY2025 budget ordinance amendment for special-purpose districts; moved and seconded, “ayes have it”).
Executive session and settlement: The council went into executive session to receive legal advice on the item listed as “City of Charleston, South Carolina, et al. v. Airbnb” and returned with no votes taken in session. After returning to open session, a council member moved to accept a settlement and authorize execution of the settlement agreement; the motion was seconded and passed on a recorded voice vote (“ayes”). The county attorney told the group the executive-session discussion should take no more than 15 minutes.
Motions, seconds and vote tallies were generally recorded in the meeting as moved/seconded with voice votes and the clerk announcing “ayes” or “the ayes have it”; explicit vote tallies or the names of movers and seconders were not specified on the record for many items.
