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Votes at a glance: council approves SRO funding, opioid and disaster grants, municipal tax ordinance and Jenkins Street transfer
Summary
At the meeting council approved the consent agenda and passed ordinances to appropriate funds for school resource officers ($1,015,558), opioid-recovery efforts ($535,049), and hurricane recovery ($228,331); it also advanced a 1% municipal sales tax ordinance for referendum and approved a resolution to accept Jenkins Street into the city street system.
Greenville City Council recorded the following formal actions during the session:
- Consent agenda: Approved on a motion and roll-call (recorded as 'Aye').
- Ordinance 15a: Appropriated $1,015,558 in the miscellaneous grants fund for the state-funded school resource officer (SRO) program. Staff explained the city is covering 6 SROs, the school district 6, and grants cover the remaining positions. The ordinance passed on roll call (recorded 'Aye').
- Ordinance 15b: Appropriated $535,049 in the opioid grant fund to reflect South Carolina opioid recovery funds ($515,049) and $20,000 in interest earnings for the opioid response team and outreach; council approved the appropriation on roll call.
- Ordinance 15c: Appropriated $228,331 in the miscellaneous grants fund for the FY26 Hurricane Helene grant; council approved this appropriation on roll call.
- Ordinance 15d: Advanced an ordinance under the Municipal Tax Relief Act to impose a 1% sales-and-use tax for property-tax relief and to finance neighborhood infrastructure projects via referendum. The ordinance advanced by roll call; final adoption depends on referendum results and subsequent council actions.
- Resolution 16a: Council voted to request removal of sections of Jenkins Street from the state highway system and accept them into the city street system; the resolution passed on a voice vote ('Aye').
The meeting transcript records votes as roll-call affirmations ('Aye') or voice votes; member-by-member tallies were not transcribed in detail for every item. The transcript shows each item carrying with affirmative council action during the meeting.
