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Hampton County Council backs administrator’s staffing recommendation for airport; Love abstains
Summary
On April 20, 2026, Hampton County Council voted to support County Administrator Lavar Youmans’s recommendation not to hire a full-time airport employee and to instead assign airport duties to maintenance staff; the motion passed with Councilman Marvin Love abstaining.
Hampton, S.C. — Hampton County Council voted April 20 to support County Administrator Lavar Youmans’s recommendation not to hire a full-time employee specifically for the county airport and instead use an employee from the county maintenance department to cover airport needs.
The council revisited a previously tabled airport staffing motion after Councilman Dennis Thompson Jr. moved to recall the prior action. Councilman Thompson moved to adopt the administrator’s recommendation; Jordan Jinks seconded. Councilmen Roy Hollingsworth, Darrin Williams, Jinks and Thompson voted in favor; Councilman Marvin Love recorded an abstention.
County Administrator Lavar Youmans told council members he recommended against hiring a dedicated full-time airport employee and favored reassigning maintenance personnel to cover the airport position. The record of the meeting shows the administrator’s recommendation was the basis for the motion that passed.
The vote followed debate on whether the airport matter should have remained on the agenda or been deferred; Councilman Love sought to put the airport item back on a future agenda but that motion failed for lack of a second. The council did not take additional action to create a new permanent position at this meeting.
The council did not specify a timeline or budget for staffing changes during the meeting. Additional procurement or personnel steps, if required, would be handled in later meetings or through staff action.
