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Council approves Project Star draft credit, grant-management fee for Highway 246 and county purchases
Summary
At its Oct. 7 meeting the Greenwood County Council authorized a draft infrastructure credit agreement for "Project Star" ($10 million, 31 jobs), approved a $15,600 sole-source grant-management proposal for the Highway 246 widening project, authorized a $238,424 reimbursement to Lockhart Power for gate repairs, and approved a detention-center mail scanner purchase.
Greenwood County Council on Oct. 7 authorized several items related to economic development, road projects and county operations.
Project Star: James Bateman, the county’s economic development director, briefed council on a draft infrastructure credit agreement tied to "Project Star." The draft calls for a $10,000,000 expansion and foresees the creation of 31 new jobs. Bateman said staff is refining the draft and that a public hearing and third reading are scheduled for the council’s Oct. 21 meeting. Mr. Miller moved to authorize the draft agreement and Mr. Templeton seconded; council approved the authorization unanimously.
Highway 246 and Consor: Josh Skinner, capital-projects sales-tax director, presented a $15,600 proposal from Consor engineering to pursue additional grants and grant-management services for the Highway…
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