County Council - Regular Meeting

Feel that they will come.

Yep. That's all I need

to know.

Alright. Welcome. Like herding cattle is what Beth said. Welcome to the March Council meeting. Before I begin, I'd like to let everyone know that we're broadcasting live on Lexington County Spectrum channel thirteen o two in Lexington County website. The council meeting is available for viewing anytime on demand on our county website. For all our council persons, please speak clearly and directly to the microphone if you don't mind. Mister Chast

Sir, could you

ask someone to see about getting

our screens to work? All of them are not working?

They're they're looking at right now.

Powering up, it says.

Feel like if it's lit up, it has power.

Just add power. So but I think we can go to the first part of our agenda without that. Sure. They get it up. Alright. Mister Cockrell?

Welcome, everyone. Tonight's invocation is gonna be led by Kenzie Hicks. Kenzie Hicks is development inspector with the Lexington County Community Development Department, having joined the team in April 2025, a proud United States Marine Corps veteran. She brings dedication and discipline to her work while continuing to pursue her education and to become a phlebotomist. A lifelong resident of Lexington County, Kenzie values her community deeply outside of work.

She enjoys spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, reading, and being with family and friends. She is also active member of the New Hope Christian Fellowship in West Columbia where she has had the honor of sharing the word from the pulpit. Welcome.

Let us pray. Dear heavenly father, we thank you for allowing us to meet safely here today as well as the school spring this cool spring day that you have blessed us with. Lord, we pray that you lay your hands on the shoulders of our leaders as they prepare to listen, collaborate, and make decisions to help with the enhancement of our beautiful county. Lord, we know some decisions may be more difficult to make than others. Knowing this, we ask that you guide their minds and spirits through those decisions.

We pray for the strength and wellness of the residents of our county, as well as the dedication and sacrifice of our first responders, medical, and military personnel that continuously serve, protect, and care for our community. God, I pray that everyone as everyone leaves here today after this meeting, that you carry us all home safely, that our family, friends, and pets welcome some welcomes us home with love and open arms and understanding that the day may have been long. I pray that we all get the rest that we need in order to recharge and wake up tomorrow with a light and clear mind before returning to work. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

Amen. Thank you. Tonight's pledge is gonna be by led by Lee Marshall. Lee has lived in Lexington County for most of the past fifty years. He graduated from Irmo High School in 1984, Furman University in 1988, and later earned a master's degree in criminal justice through the command college at Anderson University in 2013.

Lee was commissioned as second lieutenant in June 1988. During his four year military career, he served as platoon leader and company executive officer in the second Infantry Division. Stationed in The Republic Of Korea, later he served as platoon leader in the commander in chief's guard alpha company third United States Infantry Regiment, the old guard in Washington DC. Military medals and awards include the national defense service, medal, army achievement medal, and army recommend, commendation medal, parachutist badge, parachutist badge, and ranger tab. Lee has been employed with the sheriff's department since August 1984, currently serves as the major of the administrative bureau.

Since 2007, Lee has also served as departmental liaison to the Lexington County Sheriff's Foundation. Lee and his wife, Tammy, live in Lexington and have two dogs, jumper and chief. Welcome.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of The

United States Of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, Lee.

Hey, Lee. Hold on one second. Thank you, Lee. I had something in my car and forgot to bring it up, but I was at the sheriff's this is council report, the chairman report or whatever you wanna call it. And I was able to go to the as I always have been, go to the sheriff's banquet. Do you know without putting you on the spot? I can't recall the officer of the year.

Put me on the spot.

Okay. I figured that was gonna happen. Eugene

Yep. Hamill, h a m m I l l.

Okay. Thank you. Yep. Yeah. Went to the policeman's the sheriff's got a big crowd, 300 plus people. And Eugene Hamill Hamill. Was officer of the year. So what a big crowd. I'll tell you what, it gets bigger every year. I've I've been in a series of meetings, guys. There's there's too many to mention. Anything that the council members would like to bring up?

I would. Yes, ma'am. We've been doing some traffic impact studies on Lailingford, Weston County. We had 25, 30 ish or so people show up at the one in Chapin roughly. Good for you. Yeah. It was it was okay.

I

was hoping more people would come, but it's a start. And I have, been dealing with something personal, and I just would like to give a shout out to some of the officers that I've been working with in the Japen area. Officers, Novak, Boozer, Nutt, Stademire, Weed, and Rios. Jay, they've done a really good job, and I've enjoyed working with them. Unfortunately, I have to work with them on this particular incident. So hopefully, we'll be able to wrap up some of those things that we're working with. But they've they've been doing good. So one thank you, and thanks. Kudos.

The tip meetings. We went to one in Lexington. There were about

20 people there. Yes. Mhmm.

Yeah. Todd was

saying in Saint Andrews, Seven Oaks yesterday. There were about 12 people there.

That's correct. Correct? That's correct. There was 29 in Lexington and

Twenty twenty, 25, 30, roughly maybe, Michael, that came?

It was 24.

25?

That's one of the items I was gonna tell.

Didn't sign up on that list either. I think there were a couple of people that didn't. 24, okay, that signed. Good.

Is that website still up, Dave? You can still go on the website. And what is it? Google Lexington Transportation Improvement Plan. Yep.

Through April 17. So if you have some transportation improvements that you would like to see in your area, go on Google, and we sure like to have as much input as we possibly can. Alright. Anybody else? With that said, our presentations one of our presentations, our first one today is the annual comprehensive financial report. William Hancock, partner, is gonna tell us how we're doing.

Mister chair, unfortunately, not gonna be surprises here. You folks kinda know how the books were already been closed out for 2025. In the finance office, y'all had some pretty big shoes to fill with Mr. Poston's departure, and your folks did a fine job. The effort that was needed was expended.

All of you should have this big green bound document, which is ACRA the for 2025. I'm going to be referencing page numbers if you want to follow along. Keep it brief if I can, but please interrupt me with any questions if you have any. First, we're going go to page 39. On pages 39, forty, forty one, and 42, we take four pages to let you know that we feel like after the work we did, that the users of these financial statements can rely on them and that they are correct in all material respects, meaning bondholders can rely on information in here, the taxpayers can rely on it.

The financial statements are based on our testing and other procedures, we feel like they're materially correct and the numbers are what they are and the truth stands. Apologies in advance for the layout of this not being very conducive to a smooth presentation, but if you go to page 355. What I just described to you was an opinion of your overall opinion on your financial statements. Page 355 is another letter where we issue an opinion on your internal controls over financial reporting and our opinion on the county's compliance with issues that have been put on them from external sources. As I've said before, no internal control system is perfect because it's got human beings running it.

But over the course of our work, we didn't find any situations where we felt like a change in the systems that are in place. Would get a yield bigger than the cost of implementing that change. We feel like the systems here, as they are in place, seem to be working properly. And as far as on page three fifty six, where we talk about report on compliance and other matters, you folks are under compliance requirements from the IRS, the Department of Revenue, PEBA, all the state agencies where grants flow through, the bondholders and so forth. We didn't find any instances where you were out of compliance with what you were supposed to be monitoring with different contracts, state agreements and things like that.

We felt like that everything we looked at that the county was adhering to the compliance requirements that it had agreed to and was legally obligated to do so. All right. Let's come back to page 61. Again, apology for the jumping around part. The format's prescribed.

It just doesn't go real well to do a smooth presentation. On Page 61, this is probably what counsel would take most interest in, I would think. This is a comparison of your general fund actual results compared to what you had budgeted. And you can see in the columns that go from left to right across the page, have an original budget and then you have a final budget column which reflects any amendments that were made. Next to the last column is your actual results.

And of course, with the far right hand column is your variance. Positive number means a positive variance and negative number means a negative variance. So as you folks can see, you had a total expenditure budget of $232,000,000 for the year. You actually had expenditures of $192,000,000 a year. If you look towards the bottom of the page, you can see where you budgeted for $54,000,000 deficit.

You only had an $8,600,000 deficit. Now to add some color to that, budgeting for a $54,000,000 debt, excuse me, deficit on its face might raise some eyebrows. But this, as you all know, was a strategic move because you've been accumulating and increasing your reserves over the past decade or so. You can see on the top third of the page your budgeted revenues. That sometimes can be a little that's a guessing game. You have a pretty good idea of what your revenues are going to be going into the year on certain items. And in other things, you don't. Certainty would be property taxes. You folks know what the millage rates, if they've increased or not. You know if there's an assessment countywide reassessment that has happened.

And so you can judge that pretty well. But other things like grants, maybe not so much. The nature of grants is you write them year after year after year, and then you write them in years one through three, and then they all hit in year four. You just never know when the grantor organizations are going to approve and then release funds. And in the middle of the page, you can see how each of your departments did against their respective budgets.

Every single department in the county came in under budget this year. Right. Page 98. I think this is what I'm about to describe to you is something that's very rare in South Carolina. This is a listing of all of the bonded indebtedness for the general obligation of Lexington County.

As of the 2025, you only had two bonds outstanding. One was about $2,400,000 The other one was about $3,700,000 And so the county's total bond and indebtedness is about $6,100,000 And in fiscal year twenty eight, if no other debt is incurred, Lexington County will be a debt free entity. Okay? Those are the prepared comments I have. I can go into detail on what we've already covered or can, discuss other items in this document to your pleasure.

Questions?

I'm excited. 2028 would be a debt free county.

I don't know if it will stay. I'm getting ready to get into my first budget season with the administrator.

We'll be happy to help.

Appreciate it.

Yes, ma'am. Anybody else?

Thank you.

Thank you, Wade. Appreciate it.

Thank you all.

I don't wanna move the chair over, which is probably helpful. The resolutions.

Oh, administrators report.

Say again? Are you still here?

Yeah. Talk.

And we're and we're gonna talk budget tonight.

Thought you're ahead

of the situation. That's right. Yes,

sir.

Administrator's Thank you, mister chair. First of all, wanna thank all the staff and all the departments. You heard after they all an incredible report then. When we're dealing with the amount of money that was that we're dealing with and to let the citizens know how fiscally responsible we are with what we do. So I'm very proud of all the departments and everyone that contributed to that. So thank you to all of them. The Lexington County Transportation Improvement Plan. I did wanna talk about that. We are having the open house meetings. They started March 17 down at Pillion High School, and and we've we've been at the Lexington Auxiliary Building, the Chapin High School cafeteria.

Last night, we were at Irmo 7 Oaks Park. Tomorrow night, March 25, we'll be in Batesburg Leesville High School gymnasium, and Thursday night, March twenty sixth, we'll be in Brooklyn Casey High School gymnasium. That is a reschedule from the first one that we were gonna have that was canceled due to the weather. We talked about the website, and the website is up. I wanna remind everyone that there's a survey out there to take.

We have had a lot of people respond to the survey, but we would encourage everyone to go out and look at the look at the survey and and participate. That survey will be active as they heard earlier till April 17. So I encourage you to encourage everyone that you talk to to to go out and participate. The more information we get, the better plan we'll have. So there is an interactive map out there as well.

You're able to give input on, and we've had some responses there. Remember, we will have around two of these open houses. They will be in the anticipating them have it happening within the 2026 and then a final plan coming up toward the end of the year. So we're excited about this. We appreciate all the work that everyone, staff, and mister Beatty, our consultant, is putting in to make this a huge success.

So excuse me, thank you to thank you to everyone just involved with the Lexington County transportation improvement process. Also, I know we're gonna recognize telecommunicators week a little later, but I did wanna point out and congratulate our nine one one communication staff for receiving their CALIA accreditation for the sixth time. It's quite an honor, quite a feat that that they've done. So it says your agency continues to demonstrate a commitment to professional excellence in policy and practice. Practice.

It's a privilege to award your agency the CALIA accreditation, which is accomplished through a highly regarded and broadly recognized body of professional standards. So I want to thank the nine eleven staff and team and what they do. It's a very difficult assignment they have out there, but we're very appreciative of what they do. We will recognize them again a little later, but I did want to mention that. Tonight is the presentation of the request requested budget for fiscal year twenty six twenty seven.

As you know, our budget process goes in three phases. We have the requested budget, which will be tonight. You should have a packet like this in front of you. This packet will be available on our website tomorrow morning, but I'm gonna cover the highlights and just a quick summarization of the fiscal year twenty six, twenty seven requested budget. If you look at the document, the very first column is the approved budget for what is our current fiscal year budget.

That's the budget that we're operating under now. The second column is the requested amount from all the departments that was due in February. We've comprised all the amounts. Then the third column on this document is the approved budget that we're currently working versus the requested for 2627, and you can see the difference. For the general fund requested for fiscal year 2627, which would include fire service and law enforcement, the total requested amount is $262,652,196.

If you look down upon the non general fund, which includes library, solicitor, some law enforcement, Red Bank Crossing, solid waste, airport, some special revenue funds, and some total non general funds, the requested amount for fiscal year 2627 is a $133,147,551. For a total requested amount from Lace for Lacedon County, that's internal and external request for the county of $395,799,747. As you can tell from the total appropriations, when you look at the requested versus the reproved, we're about $81,000,000 short based off what we're operating under under this fiscal year. The fourth column is under the estimated revenues, That is the revenues that is predicted to come in for 2526. So when you take the requested minus the revenues, you see the very right column of the of the document, that's the shortage.

So for this general fund, again, which includes fire service and law enforcement, when you look at the requested amount versus our revenues, we're about $58,300,000 short. For the non general fund, when you look at the requested amount versus the revenues, we're about $32,198,836 short. So total appropriation for requested, again, for fiscal year twenty six twenty seven budget of 395,799,747 was requested for actual or predicted revenues of $305,250,242, we are short 90,549,505. So we have a lot of work to do between now and the recommended budget, which will be presented to you guys on April 28 because as you know, the recommended budget has to be balanced. Continuing on in down the sheet, the new programs that we have received for the general fund.

Again, for the fire service, the ordinary general fund, fire service, law enforcement, We have a total of 86 new programs that's being requested that totals $19,481,843, and total of non general fund programs is 19 for a total requested amount of a million $52,830. For total new programs, general fund and non general, it's a 105 new programs that totals a request of $20,534,673. We do include down at the very bottom of this chart that shows us CPI is 2.63. If if as we go through this process, if there's any kind of a millage increase for and we included CPI, you could see what the average would be on a 4% and a 6%. The population you see is blank.

The reason being the state was due to have us the population last last week. They sent us an email. They will have it to us this Thursday. So we will work through the population and include it on these numbers in a future presentation. So with that being said, we look forward to tonight starts the process for the requested.

We will provide the recommended budget and first reading on April 28. Again, that will be a balanced budget. A lot of meetings with departments starting next week will be occurring as we go through this budget. After we do the April 28 first reading, we'll have work sessions. Right now, we're scheduled for May 5 for the department presentations of any new programs that may not have been included in the recommended budget, And then on May 12, outside agencies and other agencies, any requests that were not included in the recommended budget will have an opportunity to come to counsel.

Currently, our public hearing for the fiscal year 2627 budget is scheduled for May 26. Second reading scheduled for June 9, and hopefully, with all the work sessions we're gonna have and all the work, we'll have a third and final reading right now as planned for June 23.

So

we're we're in the budget process. You've got this packet. Feel free to take it. Look. Any questions, give me a call. This will be online tomorrow morning, and and we look forward to we look forward to getting going with the budget process. Then our our our my last announcement is our next council meeting will be on Tuesday, April 14. That's it, mister chair, unless there's some questions.

I'm here. Any questions? Thank you, sir. We'll move from there into our resolutions. Our first resolution is an approval of a resolution recognizing Lexington County registration and elections as a recipient of the Clearinghouse Award. Is there a motion?

Move to approve, mister chair.

In the second.

Brigham. I'll second. Brigham first.

Mister Brigham made a motion to second. Bishop, any questions? Board call for vote.

Councilman Cullen?

Yes.

Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell?

Yes.

Chairman Hudson?

Yes. The second item is an approval of a resolution recognized in April 2026 as National Community Development Week. Is there a motion?

Move to approve.

We have a motion by miss Wessinger. Miss miss miss Carrick.

I'll second.

Second by miss Wessinger. Any questions?

Madam Clerk, call for the vote.

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham? Yes. Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. A third item is an approval of resolution recognized in April as fair housing month. Is there a motion?

Move to approve, mister chair.

I have a motion by miss Carrig.

Second.

Second. Mister Koppel. Any questions, guys? Madam clerk, call for the vote.

Councilman Cullum?

Yes.

Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Kerrig?

Yes.

Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher? Yes. Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. Do we have any appointments? There's a few here, and it looks like

all of them

matter of fact, I think every one of them are not available eligible. So if you look at those on your list and try to update them

as rapidly

as possible, It would be much appreciated. Are there any?

None? No.

We'll move on to the approval of minutes. Approval of 01/24/2026 strategic planning meetings.

Move to approve 01/24/2026 strategic planning meeting.

Thank you, mister Bishop.

We combine the February 24 as well.

I think he makes us do it in the Okay.

You can

do both. Yes.

And the February.

Very good. Second. I have a second by mister Fisher. Any questions? Madam clerk, call for the vote.

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher? Yes. Councilman Brigham? Yes. Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. The approval of ordinance twenty five zero seven amendments to the land development manual section six two nine allowable disturbed disturbed acreage. Third and final reading.

Move to approve ordinate approval of ordinance of twenty five zero seven.

Thank you, mister Bishop. Second. That was second by mister Fisher. Any questions? Madam Clerk. Call for the vote.

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrick? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger?

Yes.

Councilman Fisher? Yes. Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell?

Yes.

Chairman Hudson?

Yes. A second item, approval of ordinance twenty five twenty zoning map amendment. I think this was the

For the property and best district, think. Isn't it, Beth?

It is. It's for the campground, the proposed campground

over there. That's correct. For the campground.

Mark Sniers is here if anybody has any questions. This ought to get it done, Mark. Thank you so much. We're looking forward to everything that it brings to our district. Appreciate it.

Any other questions before we get rolling? If not, motion.

Move to approve, mister chair.

I have a motion by miss Carrick. Second. Second by miss Wessinger. Any questions? If not, madam clerk, call for the vote.

Councilman Cullen?

Yes.

Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrick? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger?

Yes.

Councilman Fisher? Yes. Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. Approval of ordinance twenty six zero one zoning map amendment m 26 dash o one first reading. I guess I probably since it's the first reading, I probably need to read this. When pursuant to authority granted by the constitution of the state of South Carolina, general assembly of South Carolina, the ordinance and enacted by Lexington County is followed. Whereas the zoning amendment application m two six dash o one has been filed by Steven for zoning classification change from current CI, current neighborhood of commercial, to c two commercial general commercial for property located 449449 Saint Andrews Road, Columbia, South Carolina 29210.

Identified as tax map t s o 0 289903021. Whereas the council finds the conditions have changed to warrant a map amendment and that the map amendment will serve the general welfare of the county. Whereas, therefore, it be ordained by Lexington County Council as follows the property of 449 Saint Andrews Road, Columbia 29210 bearing tack map number 00289903021 is hereby rezoned to c two general commercial. Provisions in any other county ordinance in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. I have a motion.

This Right. Seconds, Carrick. We have a motion by miss Carrick.

Second.

Second by mister Bishop. Any other questions? This is the first reading, so second reading in public hearing.

I think it'll be there is this week. I think tentatively April 20 April 28, I believe.

Twenty eighth. Charlie? Okay. Other questions? Madam Clerk, call for the

vote. Councilman Cullum?

Yes.

Councilman Conwell? Yes. Councilwoman Carrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger?

Yes.

Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop? Yes. Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. Approval of ordinance number twenty six zero two, an ordinance approving a contract to conveyance of real real estate property from the county of Alexis Cedar Square LLC. I read this one last time. So questions?

Move to approve.

We have a motion by mister Bishop. Second. Second by mister Cullen. Any questions?

That was Cockrell.

That was Cockrell. Okay. I'll get my hearing aid next time.

Off the vote.

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger?

Yes.

Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham? Yes. Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. Now we'll go straight to the committee reports. Mr. Brigham.

Thank you, mister chair. Health and Human Services Committee met earlier today to hear a request for approval to accept the twenty twenty five Regional Medical Assistance Team, RMAT grant Award for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, SLED. This grant is part of the Homeland Security Grant Program specifically designed for The Midlands Regional Medical Assistance Team project. These funds provide financial assistance to host counties and ensure regional medical assistant teams maintain a constant state of deployment readiness. The funding will be used to procure essential equipment supplies such as portable VHF radios, wireless vital sign monitoring system, and medical costs medical costs, not costs, as well as training for staff.

The total award is $40,000 and there's no county match required for this grant. Committee approved that earlier and that's my motion.

Second.

A motion by Mr. Brigham and second by Ms. Wessinger. Any questions?

Madam Clerk, call for the vote.

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell? Yes. Councilwoman Kehrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger?

Yes.

Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham? Yes. Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes.

Bradham, I think you're done. Yes, sir. Mister yep.

Alright. For the justice committee, the justice committee convened earlier today to hear a request for approval to accept the k nine foundation grant award. The sheriff's department is requesting county council's approval to accept a $15,000 reimbursement grant for the Stanton k nine foundation, a private organization. This funding will help offset the cost associated with replacing k nine Sam who died during a training session. The foundation will release the funds within two weeks of receiving. After a brief discussion, the committee moved to recommend to full council approval to accept the K9 Foundation grant award again in the amount of $15,000 and that would be my motion.

Second.

Motion by Ms. Carrig and a second by Mr. Cullum for the Stanton Canine Foundation. Questions?

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell? Yes. Councilwoman Carrick? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell?

Yes.

Chairman Hudson?

Yes.

I'm a

recess the county council meeting just for a moment. We have items. The first item is an approval of dedicating the honor of the veterans of Lexington County c fund request for signed dedication. One is public work public works received a request from Southland Department of Transportation, SCDOT, for providing funds for a sign dedicated in Lexington County. The request is to place sign for the 22220 Block to the 460 Block of Cedar Crest Drive S Slash 167 containing the words dedicated in the honor of the veterans of Lexington County.

Pursuant to s c code five seven dash three dash six ten, the Lexington County Transportation Committee, CTC is required by law to fund in the fabrication and placement of dedication signed with c funds not to exceed $500, and that would be my motion.

Second.

I have a motion by myself and a second by my partner next door. I belong forgot his name. Mister Cockrell? Madam clerk, call for the vote.

Councilman Cullum?

Yes.

Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrigg?

Yes.

Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher? Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. Second one is a let's see here. Public Works Solid Waste Management Committee convened earlier today to hear requests for South Carolina Department of Transportation to name a portion of Plant Springs Road S Slash 602 and the town of Springdale between Rainbow Drive S 620 and Watlin Road S 71, the name of mayor Pat g Smith Memorial Road. Pursuant to South Carolina code 57 dash three dash six ten, the Lexington County Transportation Committee, CTT, CTT, is required by law to fund in fabrication and placement of dedicated signs to the c fund not to exceed $500.

I will second.

I haven't made. And the motion might talk. Second. Second by who was that? Glenn, miss miss Conwell.

Councilman Cullum?

Yes.

Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. Well, the next one, I'm sure everybody knows who Pat Smith is, but everybody will know who Gus Manus is. Public works today went through the same process. Public works is and received a request from the South Carolina Department of Transportation, SCDOT, in providing funding for sign dedication in Lexington County. The request is to name a portion of 12th Street, S C 35 between Knox Abbott Drive, US 321 and Jarvis Clackman Boulevard, Sackawanna 12 in the name of Gus Manas Memorial Street.

Pursuant to South Carolina code 53 excuse me, 57Dash3610, the Lexington Transportation Committee CTC is required by law to fund fabrication and placement of dedicate dedication signs with c fund not to exceed $500.

Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the c fund request of renaming the section of 12th Street between Knox Abbott Drive and Jarvis Clanton Boulevard, Gosmanis Memorial Street.

Motion Second. Excuse me. Mister Coven, second by who was the second? McConnell. McConnell. And by the way, this guy just the guy that owned for so many years. White guy. Anyway, that said White guy. Mike, madam chair, come for the vote.

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrick? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger? Yes. Councilman Fisher?

Yes.

Councilman Brigham?

Yes.

Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell?

Yes.

Chairman Hudson?

Yes. With that, we'll reconvene back to the county council meeting. So we'll be where we're at now. Budget amendment resolutions.

Thank you, mister chair. Tonight, have three of them. The first is an additional fiscal year funding increase of $1,000,000. Economic development has received a coordinating council for economic development grant for Cardiff products. These funds will be forwarded to Cardiff products as to book those.

Next is the additional fiscal year funding increase of $15,000. The sheriff's department has received a grant from the Stanton Canine Foundation to help offset the costs associated with replacing canine Sam who died during a training session. This is to book those funds. And finally, an additional fiscal year funding increase of $40,000. EMS has received a supplemental Homeland Security Regional Medical Assistant Team grant award in the amount of $4,040,000 dollars. This is to establish the budget for that award. And that's it, mister chair.

Thank you, sir. Per usual, as these are going down the day, guys.

Mister chairman, may I make a motion on our bids and purchases?

Yes, sir.

I would move that we would approve tab 18, tab 19, tab 20, tab 21, and 22.

Mr. Cohen has made a motion to approve 18, tab 19, tab 20, tab 21, and 22. May I have a second? Second. I have a second by miss Carrig. Any other questions? Madam clerk, call for the vote.

Councilman Cullum? Yes. Councilman Conwell?

Yes.

Councilwoman Carrig? Yes. Councilwoman Wessinger?

Yes.

Councilman Fisher? Yes. Councilman Brigham? Yes. Councilman Bishop?

Yes.

Vice chair Cockrell? Yes. Chairman Hudson?

Yes. Thank you. Anybody got anything else? Thank you. I'm ready to go home. Somebody make a motion.

Motion to adjourn, mister chairman.

A motion to adjourn by mister Cullum. All in favor. Have a good day.

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