Nov 10, 2025 Clarendon County Council

THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S AGENDA.

[5. Approval of Minutes]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COKER.

SECOND FROM COUNCILOR FRY.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR SERVICES AWARDS WITH OUR HR DIRECTOR, MR. LEONARD LOWRY.

ALL OPPOSED? AND MOTION CARRIES.

[6. Service Awards Recognition – Leonard Lowery, HR Director]

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF CLARINE COUNTY.

TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE THREE, UH, EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.

FIRST EMPLOYEE CAPTAIN RUSSELL O. LAMBERT.

CAPTAIN LAMBERT HAS FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.

THANK YOU CAPTAIN.

NEXT WE HAVE CAPTAIN LEWIS, G FRIAR.

CAPTAIN FRESON HAS FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH FIRE AND RESCUE AS WELL.

THE NEXT SERVICE AWARD GOES TO BRIDGET C EMERSON.

MS. EMERSON HAS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR RES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

NEXT WE HAVE BOARD APPOINTMENTS, THE AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZATION TO APPOINT.

HMM.

OH NO, NO.

I'M ABOUT TO SKIP SOMETHING.

I'M ABOUT TO SKIP THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

FOUR PEOPLE SIGN UP TONIGHT.

WE HAVE FOUR,

[7. Public Comments (Total of five (5) available speaking spots, three (3) minutes per speaker)]

UH, MR. LAVERNE HINTON IS FIRST.

HE'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON LAND.

IS HE STILL HERE? I'M HERE.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

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WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, 98 41 RACCOON ROAD LOT SIX.

THE LAND MEASUREMENT IS 87.

THAT'S THE WIDTH.

UH, ONE IS THE SPLIT IN HALF.

THE PREACHER GETS ONE ACRE OF THAT LAND AND THE 3.70 IS MY LAND AND STOPS AT IT STARTS AT 70 MINE AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 622 FEET.

THAT'S ONE ACRE.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO WIDEN BACK OUT TO 150, BUT THEY'RE TELLING ME IT WIDENS BACK OUT TO 111 AND SAY, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

'CAUSE THEN THEY SAY, KEEP GOING IN LIKE THIS.

I DON'T NEED A NOODLE.

I NEED MY LAND TO BE CONSISTENT THAT IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 150 FEET.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I PAID FOR.

AND SO NOW I GOT A SURVEY THAT'S COMING AND UM, HE IS GOING TO CHARGE $2,000 TO SURVEY THE LAND.

AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT IS, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S A LITTLE TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT I'M WILLING TO PAY THAT IF HE MEASURED CORRECTLY.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS MUCH.

UM, WHAT WILL HELP BRING THE PRICES DOWN? I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE SURVEY HAS TO HAVE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE.

OKAY.

IF YOU CAN LOWER, ALLOW A LOWER DEGREE TO SURVEY THIS LAND.

AND THEN WHAT YOU DO IS HAVE A MASTER SURVEY WHO'S AN ENGINEER TO GO AND MAKE SURE THE LAND IS MEASURED CORRECTLY.

THAT WAS SHOULD LOWER THE PRICES BECAUSE THIS LAND HAD BEEN MEASURED ONE TIME ALREADY.

OKAY.

THEN WHEN I BOUGHT THE LAND IN 2013, I WAS PROMISED, I WAS PROMISED BY 2019 THAT I WOULD GET WATER TO COME IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THE USDA PAID FOR IT.

BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU, IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD FOR WATER TO COME IN THAT AREA, UH, LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE ENGINEERS.

HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO GET WATER TO COME IN THAT AREA? BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY TWO MILES FROM TOWN.

IF WE CAN'T GET NO WATER, WE NEED WATER.

IT'S ONE GUY HAS A PJ ON THE O OPPOSITE SIDE OF HIS HOUSE, OF HIS TRAILER.

BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE WATER TO BUILD ANOTHER WELL IS TOO EXPENSIVE.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE WATER BY NOW IF THE USDA GAVE A GRANT.

AND SO, UH, I'M ASKING FOR, UH, GIVE US A PRICE AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS SEE IF WE CAN DO A FUNDRAISER AND RAISE THE MONEY AND HELP PEOPLE TO GET WATER IN THE, IN THE RURAL AREA.

OKAY.

THE FOREST COMMISSIONER DIDN'T TELL ME AT FIRST, BUT NOW THEY'RE TELLING ME IT'S GOTTA BE 10 ACRES FOR THEM TO, UH, TO BURN OFF MY AREA.

MY AREA IS VERY DENSE.

IT HASN'T BEEN USED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THEY EVER USED IN YEARS.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS, OR, OR I GOT GIMME A FEW MORE MINUTES.

WHAT? SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS TO MAKE THE INCEPTION IN THIS CASE AND HAVE THE FOREST COMMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND BURN OFF MY AREA.

THAT WILL HELP ME OUT A LOT.

SHE DIDN'T NEED TWO MORE MINUTES.

ANYWAY.

NEXT, MR. NATHANIEL DYSON.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TRASH DUMP.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M NATHANIEL DYSON.

I'M FROM THE STREET HIGHWAY.

FOR YEARS WE WAS FIGHTING FOR A TRACK FACILITY FOR YEARS.

WE WERE DRIVING ROUND TRIP ANYWHERE FROM 18 TO 20 MILES JUST TO DUMP A BAG OF TRASH.

I WAS TOLD A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY NOT.

BUT WHAT I'M HERE FOR TODAY IS SOME INFORMATION THAT I CAN TAKE BACK TO THE RESIDENCE THAT ON THE KING STREET HIGHWAY ABOUT GETTING A TRASH FACILITY SO WE CAN HAVE A PLACE THAT DUMP OUR TRASH WITHOUT DRIVING 18 TO 20 MILES ROUND TRIP TO DUMP TRASH.

SO THAT'S IT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME OR WHEN'S THE CONTRACT RUN OUT? WASTE MANAGEMENT.

AREN'T WE FIXING THAT TO RENEW THAT NEXT YEAR? WE'RE ACTUALLY FIXING TO RENEW THAT WHOLE CONTRACT.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE, WE POSSIBLY MIGHT NOT GO BACK, WOULD WASTE MINE.

BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WE, WE CAN'T DO NOTHING WITH IT.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

SO IN THE

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MEANTIME, WE CONTINUE DRIVING THAT 20 MILE ROUND TRIP.

I, I MEAN WE WAS HEARING EXCUSES NOW FOR PAST EIGHT OR 10 YEARS I WAS FIGHTING THIS.

YEP.

I DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY WAS 18 OR 20 MILES FROM MY TRASH FACILITY.

CHECK IT.

THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY.

CHECK IT.

I'LL PAY FOR YOUR GAS.

WHAT'S YOUR CLOSEST ONE? YOU CAN GO TO JORDAN.

YOU CAN GO TO ACLU OR YOU CAN GO TO FOREST.

IF YOU DRIVE LESS THAN 18 MILES ROUND TRIP, I'LL PAY FOR YOUR GAS.

I BELIEVE YOU.

THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY COOPERATIVE.

YOU ARE ON 2 61, RIGHT? YES.

AND WE NEED SOMETHING DONE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO TAKE BACK TO MY RESIDENCE ON THAT HIGHWAY 2 61 ABOUT THIS TRASH FACILITY.

IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN GET YOUR INFORMATION, MR. DYSON, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND ALSO THIS YOUNG LADY WHO JUST SPOKE ABOUT HER LAND, IF YOU WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR INFORMATION SO WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. GARCIA.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. JOHNNY WILKIN CONTRACT.

WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT NO NOISE ORDINANCE.

DID I SPELL THAT? I DON'T KNOW.

WE WERE LAUGHING BEFORE THE THING HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE COULD SPELL IT OR NOT.

AND I SAID, WELL, I PROBABLY CAN'T READ IT, SIR.

, DON'T STOP MY TIME.

LISTEN, THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER REALLY.

UM, I KNOW THAT THEY CHANGED THE, THE, UH, NOISE ORDINANCE FROM THE DECIBEL METER TO THE OFFICERS MAKING THEIR JUDGMENT BASED ON WHAT THEY HEAR.

BUT WHEN YOU MAKE A LAW, CRIMINALS FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET PAST THAT LAW.

SO WHERE I'M LIVING, BEAUTIFUL AREA.

TAKE PRIDE IN MY HOME.

MY YARD BROUGHT THE PROPERTY VALUE UP VERY, VERY HIGH.

UM, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT FROM THERE.

THEY MOVED THERE AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.

UH, BUT THEY LOVE TO PARTY.

WE'VE HAD A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING OVER THERE FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

UH, I'VE BEEN THREATENED FOUR TIMES.

LAST THREAT WAS THE GUY SAID HE WAS GONNA SHOOT MY LEG OFF.

HE GONNA HAVE A HECK OF A TIME TRYING TO DO THAT.

UH, BUT UM, THEY JUST WON'T STOP.

AND LAST NIGHT, WELL FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT, I CALLED THE POLICE AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, THEY ALWAYS DO A GOOD JOB FOR ME.

BUT THIS TIME THEY JUST KIND OF DROVE BY AND I SAID, IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR WHAT I'M HEARING BECAUSE THEY'VE SET THE PLACE OFF IN THE BACK.

BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY BEDROOM SO I CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE YOU'VE THREATENED MY LIFE.

NOW WE GOT A SITUATION.

I AIN'T GONNA NEVER FORGIVE THAT.

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

I AIN'T GONNA NEVER FORGIVE IT.

UH, ANY TYPE OF MUSIC THAT DISTURBS A PERSON IN THEIR HOME IS A DISTURBANCE.

BUT I WAS TOLD, UNLESS WE COME OUT AND HEAR IT, WE CAN'T EVEN GO IN THEIR YARD.

NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW, HOW THAT WORKS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING NEW, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POLICE SCANNER APP.

IT'S ALL YOU NEED.

SO IF I MAKE A CALL, THEY'RE GONNA HEAR IT.

THEN ALL THE CARS, THEY'RE GONE.

THEN ONCE THE COP IS GONE, SHOO, THEY'RE BACK.

SO TWO AND THREE IN THE MORNING, I'M DEALING WITH THIS.

I'M NOT GONNA DEAL WITH IT.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU, JUST LIKE I TOLD THE POLICE OFFICER, I HAVE A RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING.

I HAD TO SEND MY SON TO LIVE WITH HIS BROTHER BECAUSE MY SON WANTS TO DEAL WITH IT.

AND HE'S A YOUNGER ME.

I'M 56 NOW.

BUT HE DIFFERENT.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE IT THERE.

NOT IN A COMMUNITY.

SO I'M ASKING SOMEONE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BEEF UP PATROLS, HOW WE CAN GET ROADBLOCKS BECAUSE THEY LEAVE OUT OF THEIR STONE DRUNK BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE PARTY, TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR AND GAMBLING.

BUT THESE THINGS NEVER TURN OUT GOOD.

AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS.

SO I'M ASKING FOR HELP.

'CAUSE UH, IT'LL GET BAD WORSE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.

I APPRECIATE IT.

MR. JOHN, IF YOU WILL GIVE ME AFTER THE MEETING, I WILL.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR RESIDENT HISTORIAN, MR. GEORGE FRYER.

I WANNA SAY AT BIRTHDAY TO MY FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS. I NEVER HAD TO

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SERVE WITH FEMALES BECAUSE I WAS IN A COMBAT UNIT.

WE WERE NOT QUALIFIED OR ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A FEMALE IN MY UNIT.

SO I NEVER HAD TO SALUTE A FEMALE OFFICER FACE.

I GOT OUTTA THE MILITARY ON THE 20TH OF JUNE, 1975.

MY LAST DUTY STATION WAS FORT BRAGG, OUTSIDE OF FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

AND WHEN I GOT OUT THAT DAY, I CAME BACK TO GABE.

I HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

BROTHER WILSON THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE.

I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, I STARTED A FIRE AND EVERYTHING I DIDN'T NEED, I BURNED IT.

SO YES, I BURNED IT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T NEED IT.

I AIN'T PLANNING ON GOING BACK.

NOW WE, UM, WE JUST LISTEN THAT NEWS AND IT IS SAD WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.

NOW.

I'M ALSO A STATE CHAPLAIN.

I ALSO TEACH THE BIBLE NOW.

I WAS AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, ON MONDAY NIGHT, LAST MONDAY.

AND WE HEARD A LOT OF ISSUES BROUGHT UP ABOUT TRANSGENDERISM.

OKAY? WHAT PEOPLE DO IN THEIR OWN HOUSE, YOU LEAVE IT IN THEIR OWN HOUSE, OKAY? THAT'S WHAT I, WHICH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING NOW.

I I I, I DIDN'T SERVE THE RIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, I HAVE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I AIN'T FUNNY.

SO I'M, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.

NOW, WHEN I CAME OUT BIGLY WILY TODAY, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY THAT CALLED MY NAME WHO I DID NOT RECOGNIZE.

IT'S MY SECOND COUSIN.

HER NAME IS HENRY FRESON THOUGH.

UM, HER NAME IS CHERYL FRESON, BUT SHE'S HENRY FRESON.

MY FIRST COUSIN, OUR COUSIN'S DAUGHTER TOOK A PICTURE WITH HER, HER DAUGHTER AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER.

SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOUR GENERATIONS STANDING RIGHT THERE OUTSIDE PIG WIGGLE.

NOW MY FAMILY, I CAN TRACE MY FAMILY HISTORY BACK IN CLATON COUNTY BACK INTO THE 1790S AT WRIGHTS BLUFF, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SO I'M NOT A TRANSPLANT.

I I, I NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND I ASKED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION, I SAID, UM, WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE GONNA VOTE? AND HE SAID, I ASSUME, WELL, IF YOU SAY ASSUME, THAT MEANS YOU DON'T KNOW.

SO I REALLY KIND OF TUNED HIM OUT RIGHT THEN.

NOW, TODAY, I WAS SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT A PERSON WHO SITS IN THE WHITE HOUSE PARDONING 77 CONVICTS.

I WAS SADDENED BY THAT BECAUSE SEE, I REMEMBER JANUARY THE SIXTH, 2021 AND, UH, YOU SHOULD TOO.

I THINK I GOT ONE MORE MINUTE, 19 SECONDS.

ANYWAY, WE HAD A REVOLVER AT OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCHES PAST FRIDAY NIGHT, ONE NIGHT REVOLVER ON SATURDAY.

WE HAD THE PLEASANT GROVE RESTORATION COMMUNITY CENTER.

THEY HAD HAD A FUNDRAISER THERE AT THE CHURCH.

I THINK I BEAT THE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU MR. GEORGE.

NEXT WE HAVE BOARD

[8. Board Appointments]

APPOINTMENTS AUTHORIZATION TO APPOINT MR. WILLIAM BILLY C**K JR.

AND JACK DONALD PURVIS TO SERVE A FIVE YEAR TERM TO THE CLATON COUNTY BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS.

MM-HMM .

NEXT IS AUTHORIZATION TO REAPPOINT MS. JOHNNY LI MEAN, YEAH, MS. JOHNNY L. EVANS TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM TO THE CLATON COUNTY DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS BOARDS REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE AND NEXT TO THE AUTHORIZATION TO APPOINT MS. CLARA BELBIN DAVIS TO THE CLATON COUNTY FIRST STEP PARTNERSHIP BOARD.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE APPROVE THESE APPOINTMENTS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COKER SEC.

COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

2025 DASH OH FIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A WA WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN FLARETY COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF SUMMERTON.

ALL OPPOSED, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS.

NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION

[9. Resolution 2025-05 and Infrastructure Agreement]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE APPROVE THIS ALL.

MOVE.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RODIN.

HAVE PROCLAMATION, OPERATION GREEN LIGHT, A PROCLAMATION AND OBSERVANCE OF THE OPERATION GREEN LIGHT FOR VETERANS.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT WE

[10. Proclamation - Operation Green Light]

IF YOU ARE HERE AND FROM AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 0 4, PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE FROM POST BURGESS POST NUMBER 68.

PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE FROM ANY OTHER POST, PLEASE STAND.

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WE WE HAVE SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WITH THE COUNTY THAT ARE ALSO VETERANS OF MR. SHELDON HUGHES, JR.

PLANNING COUNTY DETENTION, WHO'S IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

JOSHUA KIRBY.

KIRBY CLATON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

RT COKER, CLATON COUNTY FIRE RESCUE WAS IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

ANGELA KENNERLEY WAS THE CLATON COUNTY TREASURY'S OFF OFFICE WAS ALSO IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

WE AT THE COUNTY HAVE A PROCLAMATION OPERATION GREEN LIGHT FOR VETERANS 2025 PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE RESIDENTS OF PLANNING COUNTY HAVE GREAT RESPECT, ADMIRATION, AND THE UTMOST GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SELFLESSLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND THIS COMMUNITY IN THE ARMED FORCES.

AND WHEREAS THE CON CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF THOSE SERVED AND THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN VITAL IN MAINTAINING THE FREEDOM AND WAY OF LIFE ENJOYED BY OUR CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS CLA COUNTY SEEKS TO HONOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE COUNTLESS SACRIFICES FOR FREEDOM BY PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.

AND WHEREAS VETERANS CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE AMERICAN LEGION.

VETERANS OF FAR WARS RELIGIOUS GROUPS, CIVIL SERVICE, AND BY FUNCTIONING AS CLA AS COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS IN 29 STATES TO HELP FELLOW FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS ACCESS MORE THAN 52 BILLION IN FEDERAL HEALTH DISABILITY AND COMPENSATION BENEFITS EACH YEAR.

WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000 SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES ANNUALLY.

AND AN ESTIMATED 20% INCREASE OF SERVICE MEMBERS WILL TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE IN THE FUTURE.

AND WHEREAS STUDIES INDICATE THAT 44 AND 72% OF SERVICE MEMBERS EXPERIENCE HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS DURING THIS TRANSITION FROM MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIFE.

AND WHEREAS ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITIONING FROM MILITARY SERVICE ARE AT HIGH RISK OF SUICIDE DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR AFTER MILITARY SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ENCOURAGES ALL COUNTIES, PARISHES AND BOROUGHS THROUGH TO RECOGNIZE OPERATION GREEN LIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS.

AND WHEREAS CLARINE COUNTY APPRECIATES THE SACRIFICES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL AND BELIEVES SPECIFIC RECOGNITION SHOULD BE GRANTED NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED WITH DESIGNATION AS OPERATION GREEN LIGHT FOR VETERANS CLAN COUNTY, HEREBY DECLARES NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH 11TH 2025 AS A TIME TO SALUTE AND HONOR AND THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE TRANSITIONING FROM ACTIVE SERVICE AND BE IT FORTH.

RESOLVED THAT IN OBSERVANCE OF OPERATION GREEN LIGHT, CLATON COUNTY WILL LIGHT OUR COMMUNITY BUILDINGS GREEN AND COMMUNICATE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS AND ENCOURAGE ITS CITIZENS IN PATRIARCH TRADITION TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING ALL THOSE WHO MADE I IMMEASURABLE SACRIFICES TO PRESERVE FREEDOM BY DISPLAYING GREEN LIGHTS IN THEIR WINDOWS AND PLACE OF BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE FROM NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH 11TH 2025.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD EVER REPAY YOU.

YOU WANT, YOU WANT US TAKE A PICTURE FORWARD UP FRONT RIGHT HERE AND LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE A YOU GOTTA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

YOU GOTTA SAY SOMETHING.

WOW.

I TRIED TO

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TALK TO HIM.

THERE'S TOO MANY UP GENTLEMAN.

GENTLEMAN BACK THERE.

I CAN'T SEE YOU AT ALL.

YES SIR.

YOU'RE SHORT.

JUST THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THEY DESERVE IT TOO.

THEY DESERVE ONE SEC.

YES SIR.

IS THIS MIKE ON? CORRECT.

UM, I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, MR. LEON RICHBURG.

HE HAS DONE AN AWESOME JOB FOR ME.

HE'S CONTINUING TO WORK ON MY CASE AND PERSONALLY I JUST WANT THANK HIM WHILE YOU WALKING UP THERE.

I WANNA SAY THIS ONE THING QUICK, REAL QUICK.

LIKE UM, WE DO HAVE ONE VETERAN IN THIS BUILDING THAT'S A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

WOW.

YEP.

MR. FRED WHO'S SENIOR.

GOOD.

IN THE VEIN OF THAT YOUNG MAN THAT JUST SPOKE ABOUT MR. RICHBURG HELPING HIM, MR. RICHBURG TRIES TO HELP EACH AND EVERY VETERAN IN THIS COUNTY AND DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

HE DOES.

HOWEVER, HE'S GETTING OLD IN AGE THAT AIN'T SAYING HE'S SLOWING DOWN 'CAUSE HE WORKED SATURDAY.

TRYING TO CATCH UP.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE'S ENOUGH VETERANS IN THIS COUNTY, WE NEED TO GET HIM SOME HELP.

NOT A PROBLEM.

AND EVERY VETERAN IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT THAT'S THE TRUTH.

'CAUSE HE STAYS AFTER FIVE AND HE WORKS SATURDAYS HELPING US.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO IT'S UP TO Y'ALL IF YOU SUPPORT THESE VETERANS TO GET HIM THE HELP.

HE'S THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL.

CHAIRMAN, WE NEED TO TAKE A, UM, VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.

OKAY? YEP.

DO I, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE PASSED THAT RESOLUTION.

SO MOVED.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL, I MEAN MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN PRY AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MORIAN.

PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 13 IN ORDINANCE AMENDING TIPPING FEES AND THE POLICIES WHICH WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF WASTE TIRES AND CLA COUNTY WASTE FACILITIES.

ALL OPPOSED? AND MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT IS

[11. Public Hearing – Ordinance 2025-13]

DOES ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? OKAY.

NEXT IS ORDINANCE 2025

[12. Ordinance 2025-13]

DASH 13.

CONSIDERATION OF THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 13 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING TIPPING FEES AND POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF WASTE TIRES AND CLIENT COUNTY SOLID WASTE FACILITIES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ORDINANCE? WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RODIN.

HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 14 AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PURSUANT TO TITLE 12, CHAPTER 44 OF THE CODE OF LAWS IN SOUTH CAROLINA 1776 AS AMENDED THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY FOR FEE IN LIEU OF VALOR TAXES TO SPECIAL SOURCE REVENUE CREDIT AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN CLA COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA AND PROJECT UNITY.

ALL OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT IS PUBLIC

[13. Public Hearing – Ordinance 2025-14]

DO UH, DO I HAVE A, DOES ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS?

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IF NOT,

[14. Ordinance 2025-14]

WE'LL MOVE TO ORDINANCE 20 25 14.

UH, CONSIDERATION OF THE SECOND READING BETWEEN CLATON COUNTY AND PROJECT UNITY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? MAKE A MOTION, YOUR HONOR.

GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

SECOND FROM COUNCILLOR.

[15. Agreement]

FIRST AMENDMENT TO FEE AGREEMENT.

ORIGINALLY DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 8TH, 2021.

BY AND BETWEEN CLARENDON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA AND SANTI ELECTRIC CO-OP DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE APPROVE THIS SECOND MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RODIN.

2025 DASH 15 CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 15 AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE FIRST AMENDMENT, HOPE OF THAT CERTAIN FEE IN LIEU OF TAX AND INCENTIVES AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN CLA COUNTY AND SAN ELECTED COOPERATIVE RELATING TO WITHOUT LIMITATIONS, THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL SOURCE REVENUE CREDITS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS.

ALL IN FAVOR, A AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE

[16. Ordinance 2025-15]

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? I MOVE? YES, SIR.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN UH, FRI.

AND, UM, ALL IN FAVOR A ALL THE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT UP

[17. Finance Report – Tammy Rodvansky, CFO ]

WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL REPORT WITH MS. TAMMY BASKET.

GOOD EVENING.

I WILL START THE FINANCIAL REPORT THIS EVENING WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

AGAIN, I'M ONLY REPORTING ON EXPENSES AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE DO NOT HAVE VERY MUCH REVENUE COMING IN OTHER THAN SOME FEES AND VEHICLE TAXES.

ONCE THE REAL ESTATE TAXES START COMING IN, THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT ON REVENUES, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST NOT THAT MUCH.

SO EXPENSE WISE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE SHOULD BE AT 33% FOR THE MONTH ENDING IN OCTOBER.

CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 41%, BUT THAT IS, THERE ARE CERTAIN INSURANCES THAT HAVE TO BE PAID AND WE PAY THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR THE FULL YEAR.

SO AS THE YEAR GOES ON, THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP DOWN AND FALL IN LINE WITH WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FINANCIALS CURRENT EXPENSES ARE $3,000,080 AND 26.

THAT IS 32% OF THEIR EXPENDITURES YEAR TO DATE.

SO THEY ARE WELL WITHIN THEIR BUDGET LIMITS.

BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE TO REPORT ON THE WATER AND SEWER.

WE HAVE CURRENT REVENUES OF $551,845.

WE HAVE OPERATING EXPENSES OF $332,241 FOR A NET PROFIT OF TWO NINETEEN SIX HUNDRED AND FOUR.

ONCE WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE OPER, THE NON-OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE DEPRECIATION AND BOND INTEREST EXPENSE AND THE INTEREST INCOME, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A NET UTILITY LOSS OF $15,031.

BUT AGAIN, AS THE YEAR GOES ON, THIS IS GOING TO FALL INTO LINE.

LAST MONTH IT WAS AT 30,000, SO IT'S ALREADY DROPPED IN HALF.

FOR THE C FUNDS WE HAVE TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF REVENUES OF 8,548,000 141.

WE HAVE COMMITMENTS OF $4,900,649.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN UNCOMMITTED FUND BALANCE OF $3,549,835 FOR THE YEAR OF 2026.

OUR PHYSICAL YEAR OF 26, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND 33% ON STATE ROADS.

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SO THAT WILL BE $573,359 AS MY CALCULATION FOR THAT.

SO SOME POINT BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A STATE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO, TO USE THOSE FUNDS.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. TAYLOR.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE

[18. Administrator’s Report –Sharmane Y. Anderson, Interim County Administrator]

REPORT WITH INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR MS. CHARMAINE ANDERSON.

GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMAN.

UH, AS FAR AS OUR PROJECTS ARE CONCERNED, UH, AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN WITH THE ELC AND COMMUNICATION CENTER, THE LAND CLEARING IS TAKING PLACE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO FINALLY GET THAT PROJECT OFF AND READY TO GO.

THE PUBLIC WORKS AND FLEET MAINTENANCE AND ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, THE PROJECT ON 3 0 1, THE RAIN HAS SLOWED SOME OF THE PROCESS AS IT RELATES TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER, BUT, UH, THE CONCRETE PAD HAS BEEN LAID AND ALSO YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THE FRAMING IS UP.

SO WE ARE MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL WITH THAT PROJECT.

UH, THE DAVID STATION, WELL AND TANK, THAT TANK CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN, UM, NOVEMBER.

UH, ACTUALLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NEXT WEEK TO BE EXACT.

WE HOPE THAT THAT IS THE CASE AND WE'VE BEEN PRESSING THEM ON THAT.

UM, THE WELL HOUSE WILL BE BID OUT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

WE'RE WAITING ON A PERMIT FROM DES AND THE 13 MILES OF SYSTEM EXPANSION, UH, IS NEARLY COMPLETED.

SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UM, FOR MORE OF OUR CITIZENS TO GAIN ACCESS TO WATER.

UH, WELDING AUDITORIUM RENOVATION STATUS RENOVATIONS ARE MOVING ALONG QUICKER THAN EXPECTED AS WE, UH, PROCEEDED.

AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO, UH, MONITOR AS TO SEE IF OUR OPENING DATE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MARCH OF 2026.

UH, CONSTRUCTION WILL SOON BE COMPLETED FOR DAVID STATION, FIRE STATION NUMBER 10.

WE WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON THAT RIBBON CUTTING ONCE WE HAVE THE, UH, SEAL FOR THAT.

UM, SOME OTHER ITEMS IS THE TURVILLE LIBRARY.

THE BIDS ARE IN AND DECISIONS WILL BE MADE, MADE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.

UH, THE NORTH SHORE SUMMERTON WASTEWATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

DECEMBER IS STILL THE DATE FOR ALL OF THAT TO BE COMPLETED.

UM, WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS AS FAR AS, UM, THE PUMP STATIONS AND GETTING THOSE INSTALLED.

SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT DONE, THAT WILL, THAT PROJECT WILL BE MARKED OFF OUR LIST.

SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND UPDATE ON NEWMAN BRANCH RESTORATION PROJECT.

WE HAVE A DELAY WITH THE PERMITTING DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

HOWEVER, OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, UH, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FIRE RESCUE.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH WAS 735.

OUR FIRE RESPONSE TIME AVERAGE WAS SEVEN MINUTES AND SIX SECONDS.

AND IMS RESPONSE TIME AVERAGE WAS 10 MINUTES AND EIGHT SECONDS.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF YOU ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY SAFETY DAY, BUT IT WAS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS.

I WAS GLAD TO BE ABLE PART OF THAT.

UM, KUDOS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR, UM, MAKING THAT A REALLY GREAT EVENT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR CHILDREN.

BASKETBALL REGISTRATION CONTINUES FROM OCTOBER 11TH TO NOVEMBER THE 25TH.

UH, CLANTON COUNTY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE MANNING TIMES AND MANNING ROTARY FOR THE CLA AND CAN INITIATIVE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CANNED GOODS, PLEASE UH, DONATE THOSE ITEMS. THE BOXES AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO YOUR LEFT ONCE YOU COME IN.

SO PLEASE DONATE.

UH, WE WILL BE SERVING AS A DROP OFF LOCATION.

YOU'VE ALSO MIGHT'VE SEEN THAT.

UM, THE HAR CLATON COUNTY LIBRARY HAS A CARING STATION THAT DONATES TO OUR CITIZENS.

THEY CAN JUST COME UP AND PICK ANY ITEMS THAT THEY MAY NEED OUT OF THERE.

AND ALSO, IF YOU WISH TO DONATE, PLEASE GO TO THE LIBRARY AND DROP THOSE ITEMS OFF.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR CITIZENS.

ALSO, OUR WEBSITE WILL BE GETTING A UPGRADE.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ABOUT THE ROLLOUT AND THAT WILL BE FAIRLY SOON.

UM, A TAX UPDATE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY YOUR TAXES IN PERSON.

UM, WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE DAY THAT YOU CAN COME IN PERSON TO PAY YOUR TAXES.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY THEM ONLINE WEDNESDAY AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK, IT WILL BE ONLINE AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK ON WEDNESDAY.

THE BILLS WILL BE MAILED OUT NEXT WEEK.

SO, UM, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR TAX BILL, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR MINE, BUT I HAVE TO PAY THEM.

BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR YOURS, THEY'LL BE OUT IN THE MAIL NEXT WEEK.

ALSO,

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WE'LL, LIKE TO WELCOME MR. NELSON GI GIBBONS TO OUR, UH, COUNTY FAMILY.

HE IS OUR NEW DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

UH, NELSON, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU? SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AND OUR CLAN COUNTY FAMILY.

UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY CLOSE TOMORROW TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS, UM, ABOUT MR. RICHBURG.

WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO HONOR OUR VETERANS TODAY, I SENT HIM AN EMAIL AND WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, HOUR OR SO, I HAD, UM, SOME VETERANS CALLING ME ABOUT ATTENDING.

SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR MR. RICHBURG AND THE WORK HE DOES FOR OUR VETERANS, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT OUR VETERANS HAVE COME, THAT WE MAY HONOR YOU TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT VETERAN'S DAY.

THANK YOU CHARMAINE.

[19. Chairman’s Report – Jay Johnson, Chairman of County Council]

AND MY, MY CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.

I PRETTY MUCH COVERED ALL ON AND OFF ALL NIGHT LONG.

I JUST, JUST THANK THE VETERANS AND, AND GET OUT TOMORROW.

AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME, SOME, UH, CELEBRATIONS.

UM, I THINK TERRYVILLE IS HAVING SOMETHING AND MAN, AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST GET OUT AND, AND THANK, THANK THOSE VETERANS WHO, WHO, WITHOUT THEM WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE EXECUTIVE

[20. Executive Session]

SESSION, A PERSONAL MATTER WITH EMPLOYEE SALARIES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE, WE GO IN.

SO MOVE SECOND.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN FRYER.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN COKER.

ALL OPPOSED? WE SHALL RETURN IN JUST A MOMENT.

ALL RIGHT,

[21. Open Session]

I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

WE COME OUTTA EXECUTIVE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.

NO.

MOTION.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN FRIERSON.

I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RICHARDSON.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE, UH, WE DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON, ON THE EMPLOYEE SALARY STUDY.

SO WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION TONIGHT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN RODIN? SECOND.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CO.

ARE ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.