City Council - Regular Meeting

Monday, July 27, 2026

The Spartanburg City Council met to approve minutes and the agenda, hear public comments, and receive updates on youth engagement and the micro-transit pilot program. The meeting concluded with board appointments and the hiring of a new city attorney.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Spartanburg, SC
Meeting Date
July 27, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

5 sections

23:21 – 24:02•Leslie Rodgers

Thank you. First of all, congratulations. I just love seeing this investment, love seeing all of you show up, work, do what you need to do to not only better your futures, your lives, but the lives of our community. These programs are essential for really creating pathways and providing diversity of information and opportunity to what life holds as an adult. So thank you. Question about the internet platform. Is that an internet platform for Parks and Rec? Is it the city internet platform? Just a curiosity question.

26:21 – 26:59•Leslie Rodgers

Kim, may I just build on, I think numbers and engagement is really important, but I think you know, continuing to build other programs, but retention and returning engagement is actually, I think, a quality metric versus a quantity. And I think we want quantity, we want to reach, but retention and the fact that, you know, eight young gentlemen continued with the program and started and finished with the program, that's a huge win. So I would love, as we explore data and as we talk about data, wanting to make sure we're talking about retention and returning engagement. Thanks.

36:59 – 37:14•Leslie Rodgers

Yes. Could you just remind us about the marketing and the different connections that the city has done to get news of the pilot out so we know what is the 2,452 ridership come from?

45:38 – 45:51•Leslie Rodgers

such a key part of this for a number of reasons for all the different audiences, but that immediate, you know, for safety, for ease, for accessibility, there's so many positives to that.

1:00:09 – 1:02:41•Leslie Rodgers

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just have a couple of thoughts this evening. I think just, Mr. Mayor, just saying this term, growing our own, I had some additional time this weekend to really dive into annual reports from some local organizations that are really, really helping channel investment, channel energy into our community specifically um our our families and our young children and i i just wanted to reiterate that you know i ask that you take a moment and just ask a question about a local a local nonprofit a local community event have the take the time to learn something new about all that we

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