Richland County Council conducted a series of votes Nov. 4 that covered property conveyances, an economic incentive agreement, airport policy updates, budget amendments and several operational contracts. Most items passed on committee recommendation or by council motion; a limited number of reconsideration motions failed.

Key outcomes:

- Deed sale to Clarence S. David III (Third reading, item 15a): Motion to approve passed by roll call. (Recorded support from Branham, Pugh, Little, Livingston, Weaver, Cooper, Mackie, English, Newton.)

- Items 15b and 15d (third-reading package, as amended): Approved by roll call.

- Temporary moratorium extension for Olympia Mill Village (item 15c): Motion to deny the extension passed (see separate coverage).

- Quick-claim conveyance to Prisma Health Midlands (item 16a, second reading): Approved by roll call.

- Fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes and incentive agreement for “Project Price” (item 16b): Council approved the fee-in-lieu agreement and related infrastructure credits on second reading.

- Jim Hamilton Airport: The Council (through the Development and Services Committee) approved updates to the airport manual (item 17a) and a first-reading ordinance to align county code with the manual revisions (item 17b).

- Administration and Finance items (item 18 series): Council approved a fiscal-year budget amendment to add one full-time equivalent (FTE) in the public defender’s special revenue fund (item 18a); operational contracts for chiller installation at emergency services (18b), solid-waste landfill compaction approaches (18c), a modular office for Public Works engineering (18d), and the sale of 0.267 acres to the South Carolina Department of Transportation (18e) all passed on the committee recommendation.

- Grievance recommendation (executive session, item 7b): Following executive session the council voted in open session to approve grievance committee recommendations for grievance AC9751.

Reconsideration attempts: Multiple motions to reconsider various previously approved items were offered during the meeting and failed on roll call.

What this means: The actions clear the way for conveyances and contract awards to proceed under the terms approved; staff will implement the changes and return to council if additional approvals or budget actions are needed.

(Reporting note: individual roll-call tallies are included in action entries below; where the transcript gives a roll-call list, the article records the names as read into the record.)