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Council approves procurement items and signals shift to consent agenda for routine buys
Summary
Council approved multiple procurement items — palm trimming, mobile routers, a public-safety drone, a CSC change order, a border-security grant application and a rebranding expense to be reimbursed by Explore Charleston — and said most future procurement will be handled via a consent agenda unless pulled for discussion.
During the meeting council approved several procurement and grant-related items that staff said had been discussed in committee: a palm-trimming contract with Planet Green Trees (packet lists amount), purchase of mobile routers for police from T‑Mobile, acquisition of a public-safety drone from Axon (audio references 'Axon 80007 54' to be split between fire and police), a CSC change order beyond the previously approved $15,000, and authorization to apply for a South Carolina border-security reinforcement grant.
Council also approved a rebranding proposal from Blue Ridge Marketing that staff said will be reimbursed by Explore Charleston and charged against the 30% accommodations-tax allocation required to go to the destination marketing organization. A staff member explained the flow: the city will process bills and Explore Charleston has agreed to reimburse the city from its budgeted funds for marketing.
The presiding officer told residents that much of tonight's procurement had been vetted at Ways and Means and that council plans to group similar items on a consent agenda in future meetings so routine purchases can be approved in a single vote unless a council member requests discussion.
