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Dillon County Council approves FY2026 budget, several ordinances and contract extension
Summary
Dillon County Council on June 25 approved the fiscal year 2025-26 budget, adopted several ordinances including a nuisance ordinance and waste-tire rules, authorized economic-development agreements and extended the county administrator's contract; one transfer (911) failed.
Dillon County Council approved its fiscal year 2025-26 budget and a package of ordinances at a special called meeting on June 25.
The council adopted Ordinance No. 25-04, the county budget for the year beginning July 1, 2025; Dennis Townsend moved approval on third reading and Kenny Cook Jr. seconded. Council also adopted Ordinance No. 25-01 (waste tires) and Ordinance No. 25-03 (a nuisance ordinance) on third readings, each by recorded motion and unanimous support.
Council approved several economic-development measures and bond-related items on second reading: Ordinance No. 25-05 (a fee-in-lieu of tax and special source credit with a company identified as Project Evergreen), Ordinance No. 25-06 (by title, authorizing issuance of a general obligation bond not to exceed $2.2 million, Series 2025), Ordinance No. 25-10 (purchase and sale agreement with Project Runway) and Ordinance No. 25-11 (land conveyance and incentive agreement with Project Zip). Each second-reading motion carried with unanimous support.
The council also approved Ordinance No. 25-09 to transfer custody and control of the county animal shelter to the Dillon County Sheriff's Office and adopted Ordinance No. 25-07 transferring custody of the Dillon County Detention Center to the county; the jail transfer passed with one dissent from Councilwoman Detrice Dawkins. A separate proposal, Ordinance No. 25-08, to transfer the county's public safety communications center (911 system) to the sheriff's office received no motion and died.
Council took several administrative actions: it appointed Brad Coward to the regional COG board, approved donation of a retired county van to the Jackson Winkeler Foundation for governmental use, approved multiple council recreation donations, and approved a motion to extend and modify the county administrator Tim Harper's contract following an executive session.
Votes and motions were generally unanimous where recorded; for items where "all were in favor" the meeting record indicates full council support. The jail transfer vote recorded a single opposition from Detrice Dawkins; the 911 transfer received no motion and therefore did not proceed.
