Mount Pleasant council adopts $7.39 million midyear budget amendment; election and farmers-market costs adjusted

Mount Pleasant Town Council adopted a $7,392,905 amendment to the fiscal year 2025 budget during its Feb. 11 meeting, closing the required public hearing and approving two amendments before final passage.

At the public hearing staff said the proposed amendments were presented pursuant to Section 6-1-80 of the South Carolina Code of Laws. No members of the public spoke during the public hearing portion of the meeting on the budget amendment.

During final reading council approved two changes to the proposed amendment. First, the town revised its planned North End farmers-market allocation downward: the amount in the amendment was reduced from $40,000 to $25,000 after additional estimates were received. Second, the town increased the appropriation for an upcoming special election: town staff had budgeted $20,000 but the county provided a new, itemized estimate of just under $82,000, creating a net additional budget need of $61,938; council approved the increase.

Council voted on the amended ordinance (final reading, ordinance 25-011) and the motion carried by voice vote. Town staff confirmed there would be additional administrative steps to implement the amended line items and that updated figures would appear in financial reporting.

Town officials said the amended budget reflected updated cost estimates and that the town would continue to report expenditures in subsequent financial statements. The ordinance and amendment will be reflected in the town’s published financial statement for the current fiscal year.