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Port Royal council adopts $11.8M budget, approves sidewalk conveyances and other ordinances
Summary
Council adopted the fiscal 2026-27 budget (about $11.8 million) and approved several ordinances authorizing conveyance of real property for sidewalk construction and other code amendments; approvals were done by voice vote during second and first readings.
On June 10 the Port Royal council adopted its fiscal year budget and approved multiple ordinances and conveyances related to sidewalks and development codes.
Council approved Ordinance 2026-9, the budget ordinance for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, with a total budget of approximately $11.8 million. The budget includes a planned 3% cost-of-living adjustment plus an additional 2% adjustment for employees. Town staff said they used available TIF increment funds and anticipated property-tax growth to avoid a millage increase despite pending exemption requests affecting revenues.
Council also approved second readings of ordinances to authorize the town manager to convey excess real property to facilitate construction of sidewalks (e.g., ordinances 2026-8, 2026-10, 2026-11, 2026-15) and voted on first readings and code housekeeping amendments (ordinances 2026-12 and 2026-13) related to rezoning and use definitions. The e-bike ordinance (2026-14) clarifying the status and safe operation of electric bicycles also passed; council focused debate on pedestrian safety in refining the language.
All votes reported in the meeting were taken by voice; the meeting transcript records aye votes but does not list individual roll-call tallies in the record. Where staff or council referenced specific funding sources or numerical impacts (for example, the budget figure and a roughly $500,000 exemption hole), those figures were presented by staff during the budget discussion.
Council also approved a mutual-aid agreement between the City of Beaufort and the Port Royal Police Department and reappointed the town’s representative to the Military Enhancement Committee.
