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Council approves consent agenda including grants up to $50,000 for two volunteer fire stations
Summary
Council approved a consent agenda that included criteria for Capital Project Sales Tax grants to volunteer fire departments and awards of grants not to exceed $50,000 to Hollow Creek Fire Department and Eureka Fire Department for additional stations.
Aiken County Council approved the consent agenda, which included multiple resolutions and grant actions. Among the items, council established criteria for awarding Capital Project Sales Tax grant funds to volunteer fire departments and approved grants not to exceed $50,000 to Hollow Creek Fire Department and to Eureka Fire Department for development or construction of additional fire stations (Eureka Station 2). The packet references the grant materials (pp. 26–46) and the vote on the consent agenda was unanimous after a motion by Councilman Mike Kellems and a second by Councilman Sandy Haskell.
The council also approved a resolution appointing members to various boards, funding allocations to nonprofit agencies from the FY2026 contingency fund, recognition of the USC Aiken women's polo team, and commissioning three enforcement officers under South Carolina law (Section 4‑9‑145).
