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Greenville County finance committee approves grants for victim services, forensics and solid waste
Summary
The Greenville County Committee on Finance unanimously approved multiple grant applications, including a FY27 VOCA victim‑assistance grant, forensics equipment and several solid‑waste grants totaling requests ranging from $9,526 to $250,000. Presenters said the awards would fund a victim advocate salary, forensic instruments and debris‑management and recycling upgrades.
The Greenville County Committee on Finance voted to approve a slate of grant applications on items ranging from victim services to forensics equipment and solid‑waste projects.
Miss Perez, the presenter for the package of applications, told the committee the solicitor’s office is applying for the FY27 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant to fund the salary portion of one victim advocate position. "The county matches $9,929.43," she said, and listed the state portion as $39,007.17 for a total request of $49,006.47. The committee approved the application by voice vote.
The committee also approved a SC JAG request to replace an obsolete FTIR spectrophotometer for the forensics division. Miss Perez said the total request was $111,241 with a county match of $11,001.24 from the matching grants account and a state portion of $100,001.17. Kristin McCall, who identified herself as working in the drug lab section, explained the equipment’s function: "We use the FTIR to distinguish between cocaine and crack cocaine," she said, adding that mixed substances are sent to GC‑MS for further analysis. The motion to approve the FTIR grant passed.
A separate SC JAG request to acquire seven licenses and fund configuration of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) for firearms and latent‑prints labs was approved. Miss Perez said the total request was $29,007.65, including a $2,976 county match and a $26,007.89 state portion to cover licensing and implementation costs.
The solid‑waste division won approval for several SCDES grants: a $15,000 award to finish a cardboard baler refurbishment and related electrical and facility upgrades; a $9,526 grant for oil‑collection equipment, supplies and public education; a $56,190 waste‑tire grant to help cover contractor costs; and a $250,000 Hurricane Healing grant to update the county's disaster debris management plan and acquire an air‑curtain burner for a maintenance site. Miss Perez noted application deadlines for that set of grants fall in the coming week. Each of those grant motions was approved by the committee.
Why it matters: The approved grants will fund both personnel and capital needs for county services — sustaining a victim‑advocate position, upgrading forensic lab capacity, and funding equipment and repairs for solid‑waste and disaster response operations. Committee approval permits staff to submit or accept the grants and begin implementation steps.
The committee moved on to the next agenda items after approving the grants and did not take further action on those items during this portion of the meeting.
