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Fairfield County presents audit on time, reports detention‑center staff changes and approves courthouse security invoices
Summary
County administrator reported the audit was received by the Dec. 31 deadline; detention‑center director, deputy director and training captain were terminated and an acting director named; council accepted $100,000 in ASPP EMS funds for a study; council approved remaining courthouse/rec center security invoices (vote recorded 6‑yes, 1 abstain).
Fairfield County officials told the County Council on Jan. 12, 2025 that the county's fiscal audit was received in Columbia by Dec. 31, meeting the statutory deadline, and the county will present the audit formally at the next meeting.
County Administrator (Carpenter) reported a personnel action at the detention center: following a South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy finding regarding training, the detention‑center director, deputy director and training captain were terminated on Jan. 7; Director Price has been named acting director while the county conducts a search for permanent replacements. Carpenter…
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