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Marlboro County Council approves tax-incentive deal for Birch Creek Energy; advances Project Hush, delays infrastructure-credit reading
Summary
Council approved a fee-in-lieu incentive for Birch Creek Energy's "Project Cloud," approved a municipal election transfer agreement, advanced a second reading on a separate fee-in-lieu agreement for "Project Hush" and postponed a second reading on an infrastructure-credit ordinance. Several votes were unanimous; one councilor abstained on the two fee-in-lieu items.
Marlboro County Council on July 8 approved multiple ordinance actions, including a third-reading authorization of a fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes agreement with Birch Creek Energy, known in the county materials as Project Cloud.
The council approved the third reading of Ordinance No. 860, a fee-in-lieu agreement under Title 12, Chapter 44 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, authorizing County participation in a tax-incentive package for Birch Creek Energy (recorded in meeting materials as Project Cloud/Cloudless Energy). The motion to approve was made by Dr. Damien Johnson and seconded by Charles P. Midgley, Jr. The vote was recorded as six in favor and one abstention (Ms. Pearly Lawson); the motion carried.
Council also approved Ordinance No. 868 on third reading, authorizing a municipal election transfer and costs fee agreement between Marlboro County and the City of Bennettsville; that motion…
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