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Council defers joint Georgetown‑Horry industrial‑park ordinance, seeks Conway coordination on annexation impacts
Summary
Council voted unanimously to defer Ordinance 60‑2025, an agreement to develop a joint industrial and business park with Georgetown County, after Councilmember DeSoto urged time to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Conway to secure necessary off‑site improvements related to impending annexation.
Council opened discussion on Ordinance 60‑2025, an agreement intended to authorize and approve development of a joint industrial and business park between Georgetown County and Horry County. Councilmember DeSoto (speaker 2) said the issue intersects with the City of Conway’s likely annexation of adjacent properties and urged the county to use available tools to require off‑site infrastructure improvements before development proceeds. “I would make a motion that we defer this ordinance, to give us and the city of Conway an opportunity to come together on some type of intergovernmental agreement that will help address a lot of the concerns that our community has,” DeSoto said.
The council seconded and voted unanimously to defer Ordinance 60‑2025 to allow negotiations with Conway and further conversations with landowners; Councilmember Anderson (speaker 14) praised DeSoto’s efforts to seek a coordinated solution. The deferment was framed as a procedural step to pursue an intergovernmental agreement that could secure required off‑site improvements rather than a rejection of the project itself.
