City Council - Regular Meeting

All right, folks, thank you for joining us this evening on a beautiful evening tonight. This is a regularly scheduled, called, and convened Greer City Council meeting held on August 25, 2026. Having called the meeting to order, I'd like to ask Councilman Mark Hopper, if he would, to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by an invocation. If you'd like to join us, please stand.

We've got a lively little crowd tonight. In public forum this evening, we have two people that would like to appear. We set aside a time at the first of the meeting for public forum. Public forum is to address an item that is on our schedule. And this item is to be discussed later on in our meeting. So what I will do is, there's just two of you, and I would like to ask that you make appropriate use of your time. It's suggested to be around three minutes, and we'll try our best to to stay in that time frame if we can. If you are one of the presenters this evening, as I call your name, if you wi

Thank you, Mr. Doyle. Thank you all for what you do. Thank you. We appreciate it.

So, Ms. Bayou, the floor is yours, please, ma'am.

Thank you, ma'am. That concludes our public forum this evening. We will now move to the minutes from the council meeting on August the 11th, 2026. I'll entertain a motion to be received.

Yes. Council, this evening we have a very special group of young ladies that are going to join us. I don't see them. I don't think they're here. Are y'all here?

We want to recognize the 2026 Greer Softball Club eight and under all stars for their 2026 South Carolina State Championship.

I don't want any of these girls blocking my views. This is the City of Greer Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Department is proud to recognize and congratulate our 2026 Greer Softball Club Eight and Under All-Stars for their 2026 State Championship Run. This remarkable accomplishment represents a historic moment for the Greer softball program, as this is the first softball state championship since 2009. A championship is never won in a single game. This title is the culmination of four months of hard work, dedication, countless practices, and competitive games. Along the way, these young athlete