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Mount Pleasant council approves franchise, grants and multiple planning items in July 8 meeting
Summary
The council approved a first-reading fiber-optic franchise, allocated $10,000 to a local schoolhouse association, approved checks to festival beneficiaries and handled a slate of planning items and annexations on July 8.
Mount Pleasant Town Council used its July 8 meeting to advance a range of municipal measures: first-reading approval for a fiber franchise, funding for historic-preservation and festival beneficiaries, and a series of planning and zoning items.
Highlights
- Lumos Fiber franchise: Council approved on first reading an ordinance authorizing a franchise agreement with Lumos Fiber (a division associated with T-Mobile) to provide fiber-optic broadband in town rights-of-way. Ben Bridal, representing Lumos Fiber, told council the proposed network offers much higher, symmetrical speeds and said the company had worked with town staff for months. The ordinance passed first reading.
- Stone Schoolhouse Association funding: The finance committee recommended and the council approved allocating…
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