Committee approves transfers for public‑safety app, Little River Halloween event and small community grants

Staff asked the committee to move forward with a package of budget transfers and small grant awards. For a county public‑safety application called Aware Plus, staff requested transfers of $94,500 from FY '26 general fund savings and $94,500 from the fire fund — "for a total of 189,000 to procure and implement the Aware Plus public safety application," Norman said. Members then moved to advance the staff recommendation.

Norman also requested transferring $75,000 of excess casino‑boat revenues from the general fund to the hospitality fund to support a Little River Chamber of Commerce Halloween 'fright nights' event on the Little River waterfront. In addition, staff listed three small grants: $1,900 for Horry County Parks and Recreation to help youth summer camp registration at the facility named in the transcript as "Jamf Art Frasier Community Center," $3,000 for Greensick Boys Recreational Inc. to help travel costs for a youth softball team, and a combined $14,000 to repair the roof at Simpson Creek Primitive Baptist Church; the transcript attributes those small grants to specific council districts. The committee advanced the items as presented.