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Votes at a glance: Easley council decisions on rezoning, business-license changes, easement, UDO, IT budget, and three leases/resolutions
Summary
Council approved a bundle of routine land-use and finance items, including a rezoning, business license ordinance update, an easement across the Doodle Trail, first reading of the UDO (with amendments), a police IT purchase amendment, and three lease/resolutions. Several roll-call tallies were not read into the record.
The City of Easley City Council took formal votes on multiple ordinances and resolutions during the meeting.
Highlights
- Ordinance 2025-07 (rezoning): Approved. The council voted to rezone approximately 0.844 acres at 715 North A Street from Neighborhood Commercial to Residential 7.5; the recorded vote in the meeting was 5 in favor and 2 opposed.
- Ordinance 2025-08 (business license ordinance): Approved. The council adopted a revised business license ordinance implementing the state Business License Standardization Act; no roll-call tally was read into the transcript.
- Ordinance 2025-09 (easement across Doodle Trail): Approved. Council authorized conveyance of an easement across the Doodle Trail; no tally read on the record.
- Ordinance 2025-11 (Unified Development Ordinance): First reading approved. Council rejected a motion to table (tabling vote: 2 in favor, 5 opposed), adopted two amendments (density reductions and striking a 500-sq-ft fresh-produce requirement for convenience stores), and approved the ordinance on first reading. Final roll-call for the first-reading approval was not specified on the record.
- Ordinance 2025-12 (FY25-26 budget amendment — police IT equipment): First reading approved. Council authorized amending the operating budget to authorize purchase of IT equipment for the police department; the record notes a total purchase cost of roughly $300,000 and recurring charges "over $100,000 a year," which drew budget questions from council members.
- Resolution 2025-14 and Resolution 2025-15 (equipment leases with VGM Financial Services): Approved. Council authorized the negotiation, execution, and delivery of leases between the City of Easley and VGM Financial Services for equipment already programmed in the budget; the finance department indicated the payments are included in the approved budget.
- Resolution 2025-16 (Brushy Creek Road congestion): Approved. Council called on the state of South Carolina, Pickens County, and Anderson County to review and provide remedies for congestion on the Brushy Creek Road corridor into Anderson County; council members noted ongoing contact with SCDOT and that SCDOT currently has limited funding.
Where vote tallies were read into the record, they are noted above. For many items the roll-call counts were not read during the meeting; those are reported as "not specified."
