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Marion County Council approves fee-in-lieu tax agreement with Eby Solar LLC
Summary
Marion County Council completed third reading and approved Ordinance 2024-17, replacing a 2021 fee-in-lieu agreement with Eby Solar LLC to provide tax incentives and special revenue credits for a solar project; the measure passed by voice vote after a public hearing with no speakers.
Marion County Council approved Ordinance 2024-17 on third reading, a fee-in-lieu of tax agreement between Marion County and Eby Solar LLC that replaces a 2021 agreement and provides tax incentives and certain special revenue credits for a solar project.
The council opened a public hearing on the ordinance and heard no members of the public. The ordinance was described as being pursued pursuant to Title 12, Chapter 44 of the South Carolina Code of Laws (1976), as amended, and to replace the prior 2021 Eby Solar fee agreement.
During the third-reading action, a council member asked whether the final agreement reflected the previously discussed funding and revenue splits; the chair (or attorney on the record) indicated that it did. The council conducted a voice vote; the chair announced “ayes have it.” The record also included a reminder that a named council member should abstain from voting on the next two items (the transcript identifies that Mr. Atkinson was asked to abstain for the next two items).
The vote was by voice and the transcript records the motion, a second, and the chair’s announcement that the ayes carried. No roll-call vote tally or individual vote names were provided in the public portion of the record for this ordinance.
The ordinance text and a full copy were available to council prior to the third reading, according to the record. No amendments or conditions were announced during the reading.
Background: The ordinance was presented alongside a related item to enlarge a joint county industrial park to include the same solar project and was handled in sequence at the meeting.
