County Council - Regular Meeting
Monday, October 5, 2026Official site
About this meeting
- Government Body
- County Council
- Meeting Type
- County Council
- Location
- Dorchester County, SC
- Meeting Date
- October 5, 2026
Video will appear here as soon as Dorchester County County Council posts it — usually within a day of the meeting
Monday, October 5, 2026
22 items on the agenda.
CALL TO ORDER•Item 1
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE•Item 2
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CHAIRMAN'S TIME - MR. DAVID CHINNIS•Item 3.A.
Adoption of Minutes from the September 21, 2026, County Council Meeting
CHAIRMAN'S TIME - MR. DAVID CHINNIS•Item 3.B.
Recognition of Dorchester County Employees with 20 Years or More of Full-Time Consecutive Service with the Employee Longevity Program
CHAIRMAN'S TIME - MR. DAVID CHINNIS•Item 3.C.
Mr. Tres Atkinson, Chief of Dorchester County Fire Rescue, Update on Fire Rescue Program and Adoption of Proclamation Number 26-14, Proclaiming the Week of October 4-10, 2026, as Fire Prevention Week in Dorchester County
CHAIRMAN'S TIME - MR. DAVID CHINNIS•Item 3.D.
Public Hearing and Third Reading of Ordinance Number 26-16, an Ordinance to Provide for the Issuance and Sale of Not Exceeding Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) Aggregate Principal Amount of General Obligation Bonds of Dorchester County, South Carolina in One or More Series, to Prescribe the Purposes for Which the Proceeds Shall be Expended, to Provide for the Payment Thereof; Appropriating Certain Funds of the County and Amending the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget to Effect the Same; and Other Matters Related Thereto
CHAIRMAN'S TIME - MR. DAVID CHINNIS•Item 3.E.
Public Hearing and Recommendation for Third Reading Regarding Rezoning Request #962 by Kyle Ewers, to Rezone 1.53 Acres Located at 860 Orangeburg Road, Near Summerville, TMS# 136-00-00-179, from Neighborhood Commercial District, CN, to General Commercial District, CG
CHAIRMAN'S TIME - MR. DAVID CHINNIS•Item 3.F.
Request to Address Council
CHAIRMAN'S TIME - MR. DAVID CHINNIS•Item 3.G.
Correspondence
GUESTS•Item 4.A.
Capital Project Updates by Mr. Adam Davis, Deputy Administrator of Operations, Ms. Sunshine Trakas, Director of Public Works, and Mr. Larry Harper, Director of Water & Sewer
GUESTS•Item 4.B.
Mr. James Okoronkwo, Director of Business Services, Report and Request for Approval of the Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee's Recommendations for Funding Allocations for FY2025-2026
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S TIME - MR. JASON WARD•Item 5.A.
Third Reading Regarding Rezoning Request #958 by Napacha Burley, to Rezone 0.47 Acres Located on Ladson Road, Near Summerville, TMS# 154-11-01-004, from Single Family Residential District, R-2, to Neighborhood Commercial District, CN
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S TIME - MR. JASON WARD•Item 5.B.
Third Reading Regarding Rezoning Request #959 by Matthew Felsen, to Rezone 0.587 Acres Located on Parsons Road, Near Summerville, TMS# 136-08-00-002, from Single Family Residential District, R-1, to Single Family Residential District, R-2
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S TIME - MR. JASON WARD•Item 5.C.
First Reading and Referral to the Planning, Development and Building Committee for a Public Hearing and Recommendation Regarding an Ordinance to Amend Dorchester County Zoning and Land Development Standards, Ordinance Number 04-13, as Previously Amended, with Respect to Article VII, Section 7.4.6 "Minimum Lot and Building Requirements" and Section 7.5.7 "Minimum Lot and Building Requirements", to Article VIII, Section 8.2.7(b)(2) "Minimum Yard Requirements" and Article XXV "Definitions"
(the purpose of this amendment is to clarify different housing types and their requirements)
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S TIME - MR. JASON WARD•Item 5.D.
First Reading and Referral to the Planning, Development and Building Committee for a Public Hearing and Recommendation Regarding an Ordinance to Amend Dorchester County Zoning and Land Development Standards, Ordinance Number 04-13, as Previously Amended, with Respect to Article XX, Section 20.5.1 "Sidewalk Provision Requirements by Zoning District"
(the purpose of this amendment is to require that major subdivision in rural districts must provide sidewalks and clarifying other areas where sidewalks may or may not be required)
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S TIME - MR. JASON WARD•Item 5.E.
First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Code of Ordinances, Dorchester County South Carolina, Chapter 44-Utilities, Article III. Water and Sewer Services by Replacing All References Therein to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and/or SCDHEC and Substituting in Lieu Thereof the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services and/or SCDES as the Context May Require
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S TIME - MR. JASON WARD•Item 5.F.
Request for Approval Authorizing the County Administrator to Execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with Berkeley County and Charleston County to Establish the Tri-County Regional Preparedness Program
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S TIME - MR. JASON WARD•Item 5.G.
Request for Approval Authorizing the County Administrator to Execute the Regional Emergency Response Team Agreement with the Town of Summerville and Berkeley County
COMMITTEE REPORT CHAIRMAN CROSBY - PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING COMMITTEE AT 5:30 P.M.•Item 6.A.
Public Hearing and Recommendation for Second Reading Regarding an Ordinance to Amend Dorchester County Zoning and Land Development Standards, Ordinance Number 04-13, as Previously Amended, with Respect to Article VI "Use Groups", Article VII, Section 7.8.3 "Permitted Use Groups" and Section 7.13.4 "Conditional Uses", Article X, Section 10.4.5 "Agricultural Uses in Suburban Zoning Districts" and Article XXV "Definitions"
(the purpose of this amendment is to conditionally allow animal shelters and livestock facilities in the Public Institutional District)
COMMITTEE REPORT CHAIRMAN CROSBY - PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING COMMITTEE AT 5:30 P.M.•Item 6.B.
Public Hearing and Recommendation for Second Reading Regarding an Ordinance to Amend Dorchester County Zoning and Land Development Standards, Ordinance Number 04-13, as Previously Amended, with Respect to Article VII, Section 7.8.3 "Permitted Use Groups"
(the purpose of this amendment is to allow equipment rentals in the General Commercial District)
COMMITTEE REPORT CHAIRMAN CROSBY - PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING COMMITTEE AT 5:30 P.M.•Item 6.C.
Public Hearing and Recommendation for Second Reading Regarding Rezoning Request #960 by Dorchester County, to Rezone 22.58 Acres Located on Orangeburg Road, Near Summerville, TMS# 152-00-00-108, from Suburban Residential District, SR, to Public Institutional District, PI; and TMS# 152-00-00-202 and 152-00-00-041 from Single Family Residential District, R-1, to Public Institutional District, PI
COMMITTEE REPORT CHAIRMAN CROSBY - PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING COMMITTEE AT 5:30 P.M.•Item 6.D.