City Council - Regular Meeting

City Council meeting. This is a regularly scheduled called and convened council meeting held this evening, September the 8th, 2026. Having called the meeting to order, I'd like to ask Councilman Lander, if he would, to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and then an invocation for council. If you'd like to participate, please join us.

Ms. Duncan, anyone to appear in public forum this evening? Council with that, then we'll move to the minutes of our last two minutes of meetings. We had a workshop in regards to the smoke and vape shops on August 25th. I'll entertain a motion that that be received. So moved. And a second. Any items of note for the clerk? Hearing none, Ms. Duncan. Yes.

Yes. Council, following that workshop, we held our regularly scheduled meeting on August the 25th, 2026. Any items of note for the clerk? Hearing none, I need a motion.

We have a motion and a second. Any items for the clerk? Hearing none, Ms. Duncan? Second.

Yes. Council. We've got some special recognitions to, uh, to make this evening as we do from time to time. We are going to recognize Fire Prevention Week 2026 and also Constitution Week 2026. We certainly appreciate all the work that our fire department does and certainly fire prevention is one of the main focuses of the department. It's amazing in addition to fire prevention all the other training that they do both internally and externally and for those programs that they do to help with fire prevention. I remember when my children were small, we had the stop, drop, and roll trailer that we

And I know that these folks have got some special events coming up, and one of them is Constitution Week. And Charlotte Colbert and Alicia Taylor are with us this evening, and y'all would come up. We've got a presentation to make to you in regards to Constitution Week in the city of Freer. So this proclamation reads as such, whereas the Constitution of the United States of America, the guardian of our liberties, embodies the principles of limited government in a republic dedicated to rule by law, and whereas September the 17th through the 23rd, 2026, marks the 239th anniversary of the drafting

Thank you. Thank you for all you do in the community. Appreciate it. Thank you. Oh, picture. Oh, picture.

Council, with that, let's proceed to the administrator's report. Mr. Merriman.

Council, with that, let's go ahead and move to items of old business. The second and final reading of ordinance number 30-2026, which is an ordinance approving a major change to a design review district DRD of a certain real property in the city of Greer related to the Blaze Ridge development. Mr. Bowles joins us for that discussion. Any new or additional information, sir? With that, then, I'll entertain a motion to receive.

Please. Questions, comments, discussion. Hearing none, Ms. Duncan?

Yes. Council, let's move to the second item of the old business before us this evening. That is ordinance number 31-2026. This is an ordinance to change the zoning classification of a certain property owned by the city of Greer located on Gross Meadow Road from PD, Plan Development Office Professional, OP. Any new or additional information in that regard, Mr. Bowles? With that, then, I'll entertain a motion to receive. So moved. Second. And a second. Floor is open for discussion.

Others? Questions? Comments? Further discussion? Hearing none, Ms. Duncan?

Yes, thank you, Mr Bowles. In items of new business, the first one is an award recommendation. This is Project 2704. This is for banking services. The City of Greer Financial Department solicited sealed proposals from qualified offerors for banking services. The proposal opening was held on August 20, 2026 at 11 a.m. Four proposals were received and reviewed. Based on review, it is recommended that the services be awarded immediately. to county bank.

Comes with a recommendation from staff. I'll entertain a motion to receive. Second. And a second. Floor is open for discussion.

Questions of Mr. Klein? Comments? Further discussion.

Others? Questions? Comments? Further discussion? Hearing none, Ms. Duncan?

Yes. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Council, let's go to the second item before us this evening, which is ordinance number 32-2026. Mr. Bowles joins us for that conversation. This is an ordinance to provide for the annexation of a certain property owned by David Watts Gates, located at 5224 West Wade Hampton Boulevard, by 100% petitioning to establish a zoning classification of commercial corridor for said property. Floor is yours, sir.

By show of hand, is the owner of the property or representative of the owner of the property with us this evening? No one indicated so. We'll entertain a motion to receive.

Okay. Questions? Comments? Further discussion?

Others further discussion hearing none. Ms. Duncan.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Bowles. Let's move to item number three, which is the first reading of ordinance number 33-2026. This is an ordinance approving the financing of the improvement, extension, and enlargement of the combined utility system of the city of Greer, South Carolina, through the borrowing by the city of not exceeding $1.9 million plus capitalized interest, if any, from the drinking water revolving loan fund by agreement with the South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 5, Code of Laws. of South Carolina 1976 is amended providing for a loan a

Mr. Where you stay with us for a moment there. Then as, uh, we move into this in case there are questions that you may answer with that, then I'll entertain a motion to receive. And the second floor is open for discussion or questions.

Final discussion. Hearing none, Ms. Duncan?

Yes. Council has moved to the fourth item of new business, which is the first reading of ordinance number 34-2026. This is an ordinance approving the financing of the improvement, extension, and enlargement of the combined utility system of the City of Greer, South Carolina through borrowing by the City of not exceeding $4.18 million plus capitalized interest, if any, from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund by agreement with South Carolina Water Quality. Revolving Fund Authority, pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 5, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is amended providing for a loan appl

For the purpose of discussion, I'll entertain a motion. So moved. And a second. The floor is open for discussion.

Final discussion. Questions? Comments? Hearing none, Ms. Duncan.

Yes. Council, we have no items in executive session this evening. Thank you, Mr. Regier. We stand adjourned.