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Spartanburg council accepts land donation, awards five-year banking contract and confirms board appointments
Summary
At its June 23 meeting, the Spartanburg City Council approved a donation of land to support a future trail, awarded a five-year banking services contract to TD Bank and confirmed a slate of boards-and-commissions appointments; all votes were taken by voice vote.
Spartanburg City Council on June 23 approved three separate items by voice vote: acceptance of a donated parcel at 280 South High Point Road, a five-year banking services contract with TD Bank and a set of boards-and-commissions appointments.
The council approved a resolution to accept ownership of a small parcel adjacent to the planned Powell trail, identified in the meeting materials as Tax Map Parcel 7-15-4-1-5. City staff said Powell asked the owners to donate the land rather than granting an easement; the city will take title and maintain it in its land inventory, and Powell will receive an easement to use the property when trail work begins. Staff noted most of the parcel lies in floodplain/floodway and that the city has no immediate development plans beyond placing it in inventory. The motion to accept the donation passed on a voice vote.
Council also authorized the city manager to enter a five-year banking services contract with TD Bank, with two one-year renewal options. Finance Director Dennis Locke told council the city solicited proposals from eight banks and judged TD Bank the best value because it offered fixed costs over the contract term and competitive terms on investment opportunities; he said the annualized savings compared with the incumbent bank were about $14,000. Council approved the contract by voice vote.
Finally, council approved a slate of appointments to multiple advisory bodies on a single vote. Staff recommended candidates vetted by each board’s staff liaison; the confirmed appointees included Victoria Worley (Accommodations Tax Committee), Madeline Collier, Sam Bacharan and Madhav Kumar (Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee), Michael Wilcox and Ricky Fields (Construction Board of Adjustment & Appeals), Kathy Ronson and Jeff Parks (Housing Board of Adjustment & Appeals), Jamar Brown (Planning Commission), Landy Keenan (Public Safety Commission), Brooks Gaylord, Dr. Ebony Gaffney and Michelle Jones (Spartanburg Housing appointments), and Julie Gilmore, Brandon Gaffney and Adib Kapasi (HARB). Council voted to accept the names as presented.
All three items passed by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the publicly posted transcript.
