Richland County Council approves consent items, land sales, economic incentives and executive‑session property authorizations
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Summary
Council approved multiple consent and action items including mitigation-credit sales, a small land sale to SCDOT, FY26 budget change adding a public defender FTE, fee‑in‑lieu agreements for two projects, I‑77 Corridor expansion and authorized staff to negotiate two executive-session property transactions.
At its Dec. 2 meeting Richland County Council approved a slate of consent, budget and economic development items and authorized several property actions following executive session.
Key votes and actions approved that evening included:
- Approval of mitigation credit sales recommended by staff to Red Pill Land Holdings LLC to support the Sunset Point development; staff said sales return funds to the county's penny program and would not impair county mitigation needs.
- Adoption of an ordinance authorizing the sale of 0.267 acres along West South Fair Road (TMS R17600-01-33) to the South Carolina Department of Transportation for intersection improvements.
- Approval of a fiscal-year 2026 budget amendment to add one full-time equivalent position to the public defender's office.
- Authorization of fee‑in‑lieu (FILOT) and incentive agreements for two projects identified as "Project Cleanse" and "Project Rocky," and approval of an expansion of the I‑77 Corridor Regional Industrial Park with related infrastructure-credit agreements.
- Approval of transportation items recommended by the transportation ad hoc committee, including a Hunt Club Road sidewalk contract and a Mid Carolina Electric utility agreement for River Road widening (pole relocation).
- Appointments approved by the rules and appointments committee (Greg Pierce and Dr. Ted Hart) and the motion to create an architectural review board was recommended for later detail and appointments.
- Following executive session the council authorized the county administrator to negotiate the potential sale of TMS R25800‑04‑01 and to proceed with a property transaction for 401 Powell Road as discussed in executive session; the chair noted these actions were authorized after closed‑session consideration.
Motions to reconsider several items were made in multiple places during the meeting; some reconsideration motions failed on roll call while others carried. Where votes were recorded, the clerk completed roll calls and noted the outcome; the meeting minutes record the roll‑call results for each motion.