Colleton County Council approves comprehensive plan contract, ordinances and several resolutions

Colleton County Council on July 8 approved multiple legislative and administrative items, including a contract for a county comprehensive plan update and several ordinances and resolutions.

Comprehensive plan contract: The council approved Resolution 25‑R‑35 to award a contract for planning services to update the county comprehensive plan. Councilman Taylor moved to amend the motion to limit the contract to the comprehensive plan update (phase 1) and to add two additional public input meetings in phase 2; the amended amount was stated as $73,000. The motion carried unanimously.

Truck and bus restrictions ordinance: Council proceeded with second reading and approved Ordinance 25‑0‑06 to amend Title 10, Chapter 10.04 of the Colleton County Code to prohibit through truck traffic on specified improved county roads. No members of the public spoke on the ordinance during the public hearing; the council voted to close the public hearing and to adopt the ordinance on second reading.

Fee‑in‑lieu and special source revenue credit agreement (Project Star): The council held second reading and approved Ordinance 25‑0‑07 authorizing a fee‑in‑lieu and special source revenue credit agreement between Colleton County and Banks Construction Company (referred to in the packet as Project Star). Council asked staff to provide a fee schedule and a breakdown showing how fees will be divided (for example, with the school district) before third reading.

Other resolutions: The council approved a set of routine resolutions, including: - Resolution 25‑R‑42: Award of engineering services for a water and wastewater feasibility evaluation (Thomas and Hutton Engineering Company) — motion moved; vote outcome recorded as approved in the meeting sequence. - Resolution 25‑R‑43: Declaration and authorization for sale of surplus equipment in accordance with county policy — approved. - Resolution 25‑R‑44: Waiver of various fees for the Summer 2025 Jerusalem Project home repair program — approved. - Resolution 25‑R‑S46: Appointments to fill board vacancies (including the Colleton County Board of Appeals and Assessment) — approved.

Meeting motions and votes were recorded as “all in favor” for these items; council characterized the votes as unanimous where noted in the record. For items where the transcript did not record individual council vote tallies or names, the minutes list the action without member‑by‑member vote records.

The council went into executive session later in the meeting for economic development and personnel and contractual matters and returned with no on‑the‑record actions following that session. The meeting adjourned after the executive session.