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Residents press Sumter County Council on water access, road conditions and food access in public comment
Summary
During public comment, residents urged the county to address a derelict house and rezoning concerns on Camden Highway, requested city water service, an intersection streetlight, repairs to Alabama Lane that impede schoolchildren and emergency access, and asked the county to consider funding to address food deserts in several neighborhoods.
Multiple residents used the April 11 public comment period to press Sumter County Council on local infrastructure and service issues.
Jody Raffield asked that a derelict house on the property subject to the Camden Highway rezoning be demolished, saying the structure is dangerous and could catch fire; she told council, "The house should be taken down." Brian Davis said the property has a troubled history, including a 2015 arrest for marijuana cultivation, and said previous community remediation work and the presence of mobile homes…
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