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Anderson council votes: water bond, annexation, greenway change order, holiday lights, GIS renewal, sewer billing agreement
Summary
In a largely unanimous meeting, Anderson City Council approved a second‑reading water bond ordinance, a first reading annexation, reappointments to advisory boards, a Lindley Park greenway change order, $125,800 for holiday lights, a $112,200 three‑year GIS contract, and an agreement with Broadway Water to bill sewer accounts.
Anderson City Council approved a package of routine and project actions in a single August meeting, with unanimous votes on multiple items that will affect utilities, parks and downtown programming.
On second and final reading the council adopted the Tenth Supplemental Bond Ordinance (Ordinance 25‑11) to finance water system improvements serving Wellington Mills and East Market Street. City staff said the borrowing will be through the South Carolina Drinking Water Revolving Loan/Water Quality Revolving Fund and estimated annual debt service at about $209,000 over 20 years, with payments beginning in October 2026 at a stated rate of 2.3 percent. Staff said water rates will fund the debt service.
The council approved a first reading ordinance to annex and zone roughly 7.53 acres at 3801 Clemson Boulevard to General Commercial, bringing the remaining portion of a shopping center fully into city limits. Planning Commission had recommended approval.
Council reappointed incumbents and approved new appointments to multiple advisory bodies, including the ATAX (accommodation tax) advisory committee and seats on the planning commission, board of architectural review and board of zoning appeals.
A change order for the Lindley Park Greenway extension was approved to add a 4.4‑mile connection from the southern Lindley Park project to the recreation complex / Whitener Creek Greenway. Staff presented a change‑order amount of $239,149.55 and said the total work is a little over $580,000; they also reported realized project savings of roughly $342,000 and a current guaranteed maximum price of about $13,000,006.55 for the larger capital program. The contractor would mobilize in August and staff expects the trail to open by year‑end subject to a steel bridge delivery.
The council authorized a $125,800 contract to expand downtown holiday lighting for 2025 (City Hall roofline and additional park features were cited), noting the city owns the lights and the contract is primarily for installation labor and replacement equipment. Council indicated lights are scheduled to be lit by Thanksgiving and stay through January.
The city approved a three‑year renewal with Esri for enterprise GIS services at a total cost of $112,200. Staff described Esri as the city’s GIS backbone—supporting permitting, utilities, asset management and emergency operations—and said the vendor agreed to a stepped increase tied to the city moving into the 25,000–50,000 population tier.
Finally, council approved an agreement with Broadway Water to bill and collect sewer charges for about 32 current city sewer customers inside Broadway’s water service area. Broadway will bill bimonthly and receive $4 per meter per billing period (effectively $2 per month) for collection and enforcement; staff said about $23,000 in delinquent sewer fees are currently outstanding among these accounts and that new subdivisions will increase the number of customers in the near term.
Most motions were seconded and carried unanimously. Several items included staff commitments to refine contract language (for example, inserting the $4 compensation figure in the Broadway agreement) before final signatures. The meeting closed after routine adjournment.
