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Committees adopt proclamations recognizing MLK Day and medical‑legal investigators week; approve $20,000 hazardous‑materials training grant
Summary
Berkeley County committees adopted proclamations recognizing Jan. 19 as Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Jan. 25–31, 2026 as Medical‑Legal Death Investigators Professionals Week, and approved a $20,000 HMEP grant for air‑monitor training and hazardous‑materials technician training.
Berkeley County committees approved two proclamations and a small federal grant request during routine committee business.
Justice & Public Safety committee members voted to proclaim Jan. 25–31, 2026, as Medical‑Legal Death Investigators Professionals Week in Berkeley County. The proclamation text cited statewide coroner staffing, the role of coroners in investigating suspicious or unattended deaths, training expectations (including coroner school and national certification) and the county coroner’s role serving about 240,000 residents. The coroner (name not specified in the transcript) thanked staff, deputies and the administration for support.
The Community Services committee read and adopted a proclamation recognizing Jan. 19, 2026, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Berkeley County, citing the federal law that designates the third Monday in January as a national day of service and encouraging resident volunteerism.
Separately, the Justice & Public Safety committee approved a South Carolina Emergency Management (HMEP) grant to be administered as a pass‑through for DOT: $20,000 to acquire air monitor training simulators and to provide hazardous‑materials technician‑level training. Staff said the award carries a 20% in‑kind match and that match would be covered via the EMD coordinator salary; the committee moved and voted to accept the grant.
All three items were approved by committee votes recorded in the meeting.
