WEDNESDAY

CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX

COMMISSIONERS

TIME: 1 p.m.

LOCATION: Greenwood County Library Veterans Auditorium.

AGENDA: Discuss capital project sales tax projects at the consolidated level with commissioners and Lead Committee. (If needed) Closed meeting.

Originally Published by Index-Journal on:May 9, 2016

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MONDAY

ABBEVILLE AREA MEDICAL CENTER

TIME: noon.

LOCATION: administrative building, boardroom.

AGENDA: Presentations: Awards and Recognition; Healthy Outcomes Plan (HOP); Community Paramedic Program; CNO/clinical update; Marketing & Foundation Report; Physician Council; Quality Management Committee, no meeting because of DNV Survey; DNV Survey results; Medical Executive Committee, no meeting because of DNV Survey; Credentialing ? no meeting because of DNV Survey; financials, January 2016; cost report map; annual business plan and first quarter results; QHR; CEO report. Action items: Olympus Video System camera. Closed meeting: 1) personnel and contractual matters; 2) strategic plan map.

ABBEVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: county administrative complex, 901 W. Greenwood St., council chambers.

AGENDA: Public hearing and third reading, ordinance authorizing execution and delivery of a fee in lieu of tax agreement by and between Abbeville County and WG Plastics Technology Corp., with respect to certain economic development property in the county, whereby such property will be subject to certain payments in lieu of taxes; and other matters related thereto. Public hearing and second reading, ordinance to re-zone one parcel at 52 Felker Circle, Iva, from General Residential to a Rural Development District. Presentation, S.C. Association of Counties, John Jervey, insurance claims manager, presents S.C. Counties Property and Liability Trust Platinum Award. Third reading, ordinance to authorize county director to enter into a lease with Project Cold Snap for space in the incubator building; and other matters related thereto. Third reading, ordinance to allocate revenues received by Abbeville County with respect to property located within the joint county industrial and business park within the county, established pursuant to agreement of Nov. 28, 2000, by and between Abbeville County and Laurens County; and other matters related thereto. First reading, ordinance to rezone one parcel at 217 Wiles Road, Abbeville, from Forest Agricultural to General Residential. Resolution authorizing the county director to enter into contractual relationship with BHC Trucking Inc., of Greenwood, for $181,602.66 for road repairs to McKenley Creek Road, Will C. Johnson Road, Ferguson Road, McNeil Road, Fuller Road, Wooden Bridge Road, Cal Robinson Road, John Gray Road and Miller Road in Abbeville County; resolution requesting the State Legislature return the Local Government Fund (LGF) to full funding formula; resolution authorizing the Strategic Plan remaining funds to be used to create a countywide brochure and the remainder to be distributed between the Greater Abbeville County Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Infrastructure Account; resolution authorizing county director to enter into a contract with A&A Fire Protection for fire suppression sprinkler installation in the Lakelands Commerce Center Incubator Building; resolution adopting Abbeville County Hazard Mitigation Plan. resolution authorizing county director to enter into contractual relationship with Dunn & Associates for engineering services for roadway improvements to Austin Road, Hanover Drive, Hanover Comi, Rivers Way, Westwood Road, Timberland Trail, Flatwood Farm Road, L.B. Chadwick Road, Teakwood Lane, McCall Road, Bratcher Road and Golden Acres Drive in Abbeville County, not to exceed $3,750. County director’s report; committee reports; council members report, comments; public comments (sign-in sheet only). (If needed) Closed meeting to discuss personnel, contractual, economic development or legal matters. Action on executive session items.

SALUDA COUNTY COUNCIL

TIME: 6 p.m.

LOCATION: county administration building, 400 W. Highland St., Saluda, council chambers.

AGENDA: Reports of county officials. First reading an ordinance to approve the policies for the animal control program for Saluda County, and other matters relating thereto; first reading, ordinance to approve the policies for a spay/neuter program for Saluda County, and other matters relating thereto; first reading, ordinance to amend the code of ordinances for Saluda County, Chapter 2, Administration, Article IV, Boards, Commissions and Committees, Division 5, Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Section 2-238, County Behavioral Health System; administration of programs. Consider request for proposals for an EMS Fleet Management Program; Saluda Nursing Center Board re-appointment; Saluda Nursing Center Board appointment; Saluda Airport Commission appointment; Saluda County Grievance Committee appointment. (If needed) Closed meeting to discuss personnel, contractual, and economic development matters and to receive legal advice.

CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX

PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE

TIME: 1 p.m.

LOCATION: Arts Building, 120 Main St., second floor, Greenwood Tourism and Visitors Conference Room.

AGENDA: discuss capital project sales tax projects for Parks and Recreation Committee.

TUESDAY

TOWN OF WARE SHOALS

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

LOCATION:town hall, 8 Mill St.

McCORMICK COUNTY COUNCIL

TIME: 7 p.m.

LOCATION:county administration center, 610 S. Mine St., McCormick.

GREENWOOD COUNTY COUNCIL

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE COMMITTEE

TIME: 4 p.m.

LOCATION: Greenwood County Library Veterans Auditorium.

AGENDA: Personal appearance, Ben Davis, S.C. Department of Transportation, regional commissioner, 3rd Congressional District. Funding recommendation for Veterans Affairs Project, Phase One; Volunteer Fire Station maintenance; approval of contract with Connect Lake Greenwood to implement Lake Greenwood Master Plan; Automatic Aid Agreement for fire services by and between Greenwood County and Saluda County. Pending items: funding recommendation for Railroad Museum Renovations Project. Closed meeting, 1) employment matters; 2) contract negotiations and receiving legal advice; matters concerning economic development.

GREENWOOD COUNTY COUNCIL

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Greenwood County Library Veterans Auditorium.

AGENDA: Public comment (sign-in only); funding recommendation for Veterans Affairs Project Phase One; approval of contract with Connect Lake Greenwood to implement the Lake Greenwood Master Plan; resolution recognizing April as Fair Housing Month; Automatic Aid Agreement for fire services by and between Greenwood County and Saluda County; district reports; manager’s report. Closed meeting to discuss 1) employment matters; contract negotiations and receiving legal advice; matters concerning economic development.

PIEDMONT TECH AREA COMMISSION

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Lex Walters Campus, John S. Coleman Administration Building, Room 222-A.

AGENDA: enrollment and communications; financial review; president’s report.

THURSDAY (17)

GLEAMNS HUMAN RESOURCES COMMISSION

TIME: 7 p.m.

LOCATION: administrative office, 237 N. Hospital St., boardroom.

Originally Published by Index-Journal on: Mar 12, 2016

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TODAY

McCORMICK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES

TIME: 6 p.m.

LOCATION: District administrative building, 821 N. Mine St., McCormick.

AGENDA: Closed meeting to discus personnel matters.

CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

TIME: 9 a.m.

LOCATION: Park Plaza, 600 Monument St., Conference Room 104.

AGENDA: Discuss capital project sales tax projects for Economic Development Committee. (If needed) Closed meeting.

WEDNESDAY

MCCORMICK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES

TIME: 6 p.m.

LOCATION: District administrative building, 821 N. Mine St., McCormick.

AGENDA: Closed meeting to discus personnel matters.

Originally Published by Index-Journal on:Mar 7, 2016

Article Link: https://www.indexjournal.com/community/public-meetings-march-8/article_060cbf7c-4726-5f1f-a58f-abb612e74ef7.html

A collection of maps were released Tuesday showing where in the county a potential capital projects sales tax could make an impact.

“I think visually it’s critical that we show there is a diverse reflection of projects that impact the county from north, south, east to west,” Greenwood City Manager Charlie Barrineau said. “A map with project dots is the best way to do that.”

The county received 43 applications for the potential 1-percent sales tax, also known as a penny tax.

Six maps show the location of each project submitted in the applications. Many applications have more than one project, such as an application for the county fire plan, which could impact the more than 20 fire stations in the county.

Similarly, a single application has also been filed for Greenwood’s seven parks.

One map includes all projects, while five others are broken up into categories — economic development, infrastructure, public safety, quality of life and parks and recreation.

“You can get a good indication that the projects are county wide,” Barrineau said.

While the maps do not denote any sense of priority among the projects, they do provide a visual representation of the areas that could be potentially impacted by a project, according to Barrineau.

Five committees have been assigned for each category by Barrineau and Greenwood County Manager Toby Chappell.

The committees will qualify and prioritize each assigned application and make a recommendation to the capital project sales tax commission, which was appointed by Greenwood County Council and represents the county as a whole and its municipalities.

The commission will then create a project list and referendum question to go on the November ballot for popular vote.

“We have to be realistic if the ultimate goal on Nov. 8 is ‘Yes.’ We have to realize there are voters countywide, and they will have to look to see that effort was put in for projects countywide,” Barrineau said.

Barrineau added that the maps will help the commission in determining what the best collection of projects is to gain countywide support.

Contact Colin Riddle at 864-943-5650 or follow on Twitter @IJCOLINRIDDLE.

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Originally Published by Index-Journal on: Feb 23, 2016

 By COLIN RIDDLEcriddle@indexjournal.com

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Greenwood County received 43 applications for the anticipated capital project sales tax, totaling more than $160 million in projects.

With the 1-percent sales tax, or penny tax, projected to raise between $9 million and $9.53 million each year for up to eight years, the five committees appointed by the county and city will be tasked with vetting and prioritizing projects for the review of the six-member capital project sales tax commission, appointed by County and City councils.

“I believe the process has been successful thus far,” County Manager Toby Chappell said. “We’ve received diverse projects in terms of cost and genre. These projects can continue the advancement of Greenwood County.”

The projects range five categories: economic development, infrastructure, public safety, quality of life, and parks and recreation.

Economic development

Economic development received three proposals: a new speculative building at the North Greenwood Industrial Park, the development of the Genomics Center of South Carolina at the Greenwood Genetic Center and the development of an advanced manufacturing training facility at Piedmont Technical College.

Together, the projects would cost about $18 million.

The spec building, which is a move-in-ready industrial building popular among prospective businesses, and the advanced manufacturing training facility were two possible projects mentioned by County Council Chairman Steve Brown during his State of the County address last year.

The 47,000-square-foot training facility for Piedmont Tech would be partially funded by the tax and located on the college campus on Kateway between the existing Building Construction Technologies Building and the new HVAC Training Center.

The Genomics Center would be located in existing laboratory and office space vacated by the S.C. Biotechnology Incubator Program on the Genetic Center campus and will use the funds requested for specialized equipment and instruments.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure committee, which received the most project requests for the tax, is geared toward brick-and-mortar projects.

The projects range in cost from $134,000 for parking lot repairs near the United Center for Community Care to $37 million for targeted water line replacement in the county by Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works.

A number of sewer line replacement projects have been submitted as well.

Greenwood County and the town of Ninety Six submitted projects to help drainage. The county’s $1.5 million proposal would prompt a study of and repairs to four water basins in order to help areas that flooded during the historic rainfall this winter and past fall.

The town of Ninety Six also submitted various projects to replace water lines and extend service to the boat ramp at the Buzzard Roost dam and Grand Harbor community.

Two infrastructure projects are related to economic development in handling heavier traffic at two industrial hotbeds in the county, including the Highway 25 intersection in Hodges in front of Colgate-Palmolive and SPF North America and the widening of a portion of Highway 246 between highways 72 and 702 near Fujifilm, Ascend Performance Materials and newcomer Colombo Energy.

The four-mile widening project requests $20 million, while the intersection project requests $757,000. The widening project would also seek funds from the state Department of Transportation.

Public Safety

The county is looking to upgrade its radio system to a 800-megahertz system, which would upgrade the sheriff’s office, EMS, fire service and local municipal police departments. The new system is becoming widely used throughout the country and state and would cost about $4.4 million.

The county also submitted an application to implement the eight-year fire master plan, which was approved last year and serves as road map to build new stations, purchase new equipment and a new $2 million public safety training facility.

The new facility is intended to serve the entire Eighth Circuit, according to John Long, officer in charge of professional standards with the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office.

Other projects include a new city fire truck for $1.2 million, case management system in the solicitor’s office for $175,000, jail renovations for $750,000, records management system for city police and a public safety administrative center for $16 million to house city police, sheriff’s office, county fire service, EMS and emergency management.

Quality of Life

Quality of life projects include a number of cultural areas promoting the general well being of residents and organizations.

The Museum submitted a project for the construction of a replica of the Southern Passenger Depot at the Railroad Historical Center on South Main Street with a request for nearly $1 million.

Pastor Darlene Saxon and Beyond the Walls Family Restoration Center applied for the Seaboard Avenue Recreation Center to renovate the building and swimming pool for services provided to the community, such as a food bank, youth-at-risk program, talent program and recreational camps.

The total project could cost $324,500, however, the application requests any financial assistance in renovating the space.

Other projects include structural updates to the Federal Building, an activity shelter and cabins for the Little River Baptist Association Youth Program, renovation and restoration of Katherine Hall in Ware Shoals, renovation of Troy School House, a proposed 2,800-square-foot theater and auditorium and additional rooms at the Benjamin Mays Historical Preservation Site, handicap-accessible public restrooms, and a Veterans Memorial Plaza at the Greenwood Veterans Center.

Those requests range from $30,000 to about $3.5 million.

Parks and Recreation

Focuses of the parks and recreation committee are geared toward five applications to renovate various parks and walking trails in the county and implement the Lake Greenwood and bicycle and pedestrian master plans.

The Greater Greenwood Parks and Trails Foundation submitted an application for about $6.5 million in improvements to seven existing parks, including Grace Street Park, Foundry Road Park, Magnolia Park, Ninety Six Mill Park, Riegel Park in Ware Shoals, Wisteria Park in Troy and Hodges Community Park.

The application also would implement the first phase of the bike and pedestrian plan compiled last year.

Thomas Moore, a member of the Lake Greenwood Master Plan steering committee, proposed implementing various portions of the Lake Greenwood Master Plan, such as landscaping and signage for entrance ways, additional public access areas, restroom and trash collection facilities and a bike trail from the Lake Greenwood State Park to Watts Bridge Road and Ninety Six.

The city/county planning department has also requested $75,000 to install safety lights on the four bridges over the lake, which is part of the Lake Greenwood Master Plan.

The proposal for the master plan calls for $1 million.

Additional upgrades include renovation of the old Civic Center property and other recreation facilities owned by the county, renovation of the Brewer Complex and installing a walking trail around the Promised Land ball field.

Referendum

Committees have been reviewing applications this week and making recommendations to applicants who need to amend their proposals as the deadline to do so approaches Tuesday.

The committees have also started vetting the projects to make recommendations to the commission, which will meet with committee leaders for their report around the first of April.

Recommendations to the commission are expected to be hashed out by the committee leaders during the last two weeks of March.

<\z186667>The commission will then form the referendum question and final project list, which will then go to County Council.

<\z186667>Council can only approve or deny placing the question and project list in its entirety with no changes on the November ballot.

<\z186667>The county successfully passed a capital project sales tax in 2006, raising about $43 million in less than six years and going toward the construction of the Greenwood County Library and improvements to the Buzzard Roost dam at Lake Greenwood.

<\z186667>The county used about $12 million to pay off the county’s remaining debt after savings from the first phase of work on the dam. The county still has a fund balance of about $21 million for the next phase of work on the dam.

Contact Colin Riddle at 864-943-5650 or follow on Twitter @IJCOLINRIDDLE.

Originally Published by Index-Journal on:Feb 11, 2016

By COLIN RIDDLE criddle@indexjournal.com

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