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County says it purchased local hospital, seeks grants; public-services and sheriff updates given
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County leaders reported the county purchased the hospital to provide local health care and said grants are being pursued; Public Services received a $10,000 litter-control grant, and Sheriff Larry McNeil noted efforts to secure a generator and ongoing detention-center flooding issues.
During the administrative report at the July 8 Marlboro County Council meeting, council members heard multiple operational updates and plans for local health care.
Dr. Damien Johnson said the county purchased the hospital to provide health care in Marlboro County and described health care as an economic asset the county needs to attract industry. Grants Coordinator Reginal Dupree was identified in the minutes as searching for available grants to support hospital efforts and other health-care initiatives; council noted plans for community meetings to gather public input and that some potential vendors had been identified.
County Administrator is listed in the meeting header as Wilson A. Clyburn; the minutes also refer to "Tony Clyburn" in the body. The minutes record routine event updates (Baseball Summer Camp postponed; Military Appreciation Day scheduled for Aug. 25) and a $10,000 litter-control grant for Public Services. Sheriff Larry McNeil thanked council and the administrator for budget progress, noted efforts to locate a generator for the sheriff's office (an older unit at the detention center is being evaluated for relocation), and reiterated longstanding flooding and water issues at the detention center dating to 1997.
The minutes also record that the county will coordinate with S.C. State University's 1890 Program on a public-health committee and that mosquito spraying is under way with a 1.5-mile buffer around residences with bee hives. Charles English was sworn in as McColl police chief and has begun working, per the minutes.
These points are drawn from the council's administrative report as recorded in the minutes; the minutes provide general descriptions of plans and grant-seeking activity but do not include grant application details, vendor names for the hospital effort, or a schedule for when hospital services will resume.