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Sumter County Council approves multiple property sales; member recuses on one vote
Summary
Council approved the sale of 529 N. Wise Drive under a $50,000 payment plan and approved an Airport Road parcel sale at third reading with a recusal noted; a second Airport Road parcel received first reading approval. The transcript includes an inconsistency between presentation materials and the recorded purchaser for one Airport Road parcel.
Sumter County Council approved several property transactions June 24, recording payment terms, buyer names in presentation materials, and a council recusal on one vote.
County Attorney Johnathan Bryan presented Ordinance 25‑1028 to convey county property at 529 North Wise Drive to the Combat Veterans organization for a total purchase price of $50,000 payable by installment. Bryan summarized the contract: a $25,000 down payment has been paid; subsequent payments of $10,000 are due Dec. 1, 2026 and Dec. 1, 2027, and a final $5,000 payment on Dec. 1, 2028. The contract retains county ownership if payments are missed and allows the county to keep any collected funds in that circumstance. No public comment was offered; Vice Chairman James R. Byrd, Jr. moved, Artie Baker seconded, and Council approved the sale on third reading.
Bryan then presented Ordinance 25‑1029 for a roughly 4.41‑acre Airport Road parcel declared surplus; he said proceeds will go to the Sumter County Infrastructure Fund. During the presentation Bryan described prior readings that referenced a buyer candidate; at third reading Councilman Charles T. Edens recused himself from the vote for a conflict of interest and the Council approved third reading. The transcript records the approval with the parcel to be conveyed to Buddy Ward; earlier presentation text referenced Scott Equipment and Surfacing as a buyer candidate. That discrepancy is noted in the meeting record.
Council later granted first reading to Ordinance 25‑1031, a separate Airport Road parcel of about 4.91 acres offered at $24,200 per acre for a total of $118,825; Vice Chairman Byrd moved and Council granted first reading unanimously.
Actions at a glance: Ordinance 25‑1028 (529 N. Wise Drive) — sale approved on third reading (mover: Vice Chairman Byrd; second: Artie Baker; outcome: approved); Ordinance 25‑1029 (Airport Road, ~4.41 acres) — third reading approved with Councilman Charles T. Edens recused (mover: Vice Chairman Byrd; second: Artie Baker; outcome: approved; transcript records purchaser as Buddy Ward though earlier materials named Scott Equipment and Surfacing); Ordinance 25‑1031 — first reading granted (mover: Vice Chairman Byrd; second: Tasha Gardner‑Greene; outcome: first reading approved).
