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Council approves industrial‑park extension, budget and a slate of resolutions
Summary
At its May 6 meeting Colleton County Council approved an ordinance extending the Joint County Industrial Park agreement with Hampton County, advanced the fiscal‑year 2025–26 tax levy on second reading, and passed multiple resolutions including grant acceptance, a roadway naming and a CDBG endorsement.
Colleton County Council conducted a series of votes on May 6, approving an ordinance to amend and extend the Joint County Industrial Park agreement with Hampton County; advancing the county tax levy ordinance on second reading for fiscal year 2025–26; and passing several resolutions to accept grants, amend the order of business, name an intersection in memory of a child killed in a crash, endorse a Community Development Block Grant application and authorize purchases and appointments.
Key outcomes recorded at the meeting:
- Ordinance 25‑03‑003: Motion to amend and extend the term of the joint‑county industrial park agreement between Colleton County and Hampton County was moved, seconded and recorded as passed.
- Second reading, Ordinance 25‑00‑005: Second reading to set the county tax levy and appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, was moved, seconded and recorded as carried.
- Resolution 25‑R‑26: Authorized acceptance and budgeting of various grants for fiscal year 2025–26; motion moved and carried.
- Resolution 25‑R‑28: Amended the county agenda/order of business; motion moved and carried unanimously.
- Resolution 25‑R‑29: Designated the intersection of Highway 15 and Pleasant Grove Road as the Emma McKenzie Lake Intersection to honor the late Emma McKenzie Lake; motion moved and carried.
- Resolution 25‑R‑30: Endorsed the county’s 2025 Community Development Block Grant community enhancement application for a well or well upgrade and authorized a 10% local match from the city of Walterboro; motion moved and carried.
- Resolution 25‑R‑31: Approved purchase of a Waldo particular haul truck for solid‑waste and C&D landfill operations; motion moved and carried.
- Resolution 25‑R‑32: Appointed John Gibbons to the County Resource and Development Board; motion moved and carried.
Council also moved several procedural items into executive session later in the meeting (contractual, real estate and an economic development update) and announced after the closed session that there was no recorded vote to disclose beyond a motion to proceed with actions discussed in executive session.
The meeting minutes recorded motions and unanimous or near‑unanimous voice votes for the items listed above; roll‑call tallies were not provided in the transcript for each motion.
