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Votes at a glance: committee advances multiple routine contracts, easements and appropriations
Summary
The Public Facilities committee approved several routine items with no objection — awarding a greenery contract, authorizing MOA authority under Act 36, approving a utility easement, moving transportation sales-tax appropriations and a church furniture appropriation forward to County Council, and initiating a customer facility charge process for the airport.
The Beaufort County Public Facilities committee approved a set of routine contracts, easements and appropriations and advanced several ordinances to County Council.
Key actions approved (no roll-call vote recorded unless noted): - Award of a two-year landscape maintenance contract for linear medians countywide; committee approved the motion to place the contract on the floor and there was no objection. - Resolution authorizing the county administrator to enter into memoranda of agreement with wet utility providers to comply with South Carolina Act 36 (county share of relocation costs); approved with no objection. - Ordinance approving utility easement number 907041 (Dolphin Watch Point on Ladies Island) to allow Dominion access for pole relocation associated with a dirt-road paving project; approved with no objection; staff said Dominion will pay relocation costs. - Ordinance to appropriate remaining 2018 transportation sales-tax funds to defined project lists; staff said prior allocations and the remaining balance are documented in the resolution and the ordinance will proceed to County Council for three readings. - Ordinance to appropriate funds for furniture and fixtures related to the St. James Baptist Church project (furniture/fixtures itemized at $848,000 according to staff); committee approved the appropriation to move to County Council; staff summarized multiple funding sources including state appropriations, GEO bond funds and a church contribution. - Resolution to implement a customer facility charge (CFC) on rental car contracts at the airport and to begin the process of collecting and applying proceeds toward airport projects; staff said the fee is charged per rental day and pro forma work with rental agencies and a financial consultant will follow.
Several agenda items will move to County Council for additional readings where required. No contested roll-call votes were recorded in committee during this meeting.
