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Charleston City Council approves routine purchases and adds two homeland security grants for fire teams
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The Charleston City Council approved a slate of procurement items, contracts and a $200,000 accommodation-tax commitment for an affordable housing project at Cannon and King Streets, and voted to add and accept two 2025 Homeland Security grants totaling $85,000 for the city fire department.
The Charleston City Council approved a package of routine purchases, contract amendments and grant acceptances and added two federal homeland security grants to the agenda during a regularly scheduled meeting chaired by the council chair.
At the opening of the meeting Councilmember (S2) asked for a moment of silence "for our friend and brother, Robbie Somerville, and his family," which the body observed.
The council approved the April 14 minutes and then moved through a series of procurement actions. Chair (S1) presented amendments and contracts that the council approved by voice vote, including an amendment to the Pure Storage SaaS annual subscription maintenance (transcribed change from $457,514.36 to $537,000.727), annual VM software licensing for $272,552.04, an asset-management software solution for $196,200, and a change order for previously approved body trucks raising the amount from $270,538 to $272,138.
The council authorized the mayor to commit $200,000 in state accommodation-tax funds for an affordable housing development under construction at the corner of Cannon and King Streets. The chair described the funding as a city commitment to support the ongoing project; the motion was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The council also approved amendment No. 2 to a professional services agreement with the firm shown in the transcript as "Sateel and Sateel" for $555,000 to provide architectural, urban design and planning advisory services for city-sponsored projects. The transcript spelling of the vendor name was not independently confirmed in the meeting record.
A demolition contract for the 81 Wentworth Street parking garage in the amount of $1,225,000 was approved. The body approved a memorandum of understanding with the Historic Charleston Foundation and renewed a loan-servicing agreement with the entity transcribed as "merit Marinette" to serve 300 rehabilitation loans administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development; the servicer name is recorded in the transcript and has not been confirmed in the meeting record.
A stormwater-management item to accept temporary access agreements for the MUSC pump station upfit was moved to the Ways and Means committee because of time constraints.
Near the end of the meeting the chair asked to add two no-match 2025 Homeland Security grants to the agenda for the Charleston Fire Department: $40,000 for the Type 4 Urban Search and Rescue team and $45,000 for the Type 3 Incident Management Team. Council members moved and seconded adding the items and then approved acceptance of the grants; the meeting record shows one brief voiced objection but no detailed roll-call tally was provided.
The meeting concluded and the council adjourned.
The transcript records vendor and servicer names and one numeric amount in a format that appears to be a transcription artifact; city records or the city clerk should be consulted to confirm official vendor names and the precise dollar figures.
