Ware Shoals to get new fire station

WARE SHOALS — After working with Greenwood County to get a new fire station, Ware Shoals Fire Department is moving into a new one.

County Administrator Toby Chappell and County Councilman Bob Fisher attended Tuesday’s Town Council meeting to announce the county will fund and build a new station near the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Beachman Road.

“When we left it, we were trying to acquire land for this project,” Chappell said. “The one thing we need from Town Council is codifying on your record that you will staff and equip it.”

Mayor John Hansen called the fire department project a good example of a town and county working together to get important work done. Fisher thanked Town Council and his fellow County Council members for backing the project and working diligently to bring it to fruition.

Town Council voted unanimously to move fire department staff and equipment to the new location once it’s built. Chappell also told Council the Katherine Hall restoration and wastewater treatment projects the town submitted to the capital project sales tax committees will move forward.

He said the announcement is not final and doesn’t mean the projects will be funded, but they will move to the tax committee, which will decide which projects get funded.

During committee reports, Councilman Roy Landreth, chairman of the water, sewer and waste water treatment committee, discussed the public hearing that was March 3 to air concerns about the odor issue in Hodges and Ware Shoals. He said the town is investigating possible solutions, and its findings will be presented in June.

Fire committee chairman Marshall Webster said the American Red Cross is providing 24 smoke detectors a month to the town’s fire department, and residents can call town hall at 864-456-7478 to request the fire department install one in their home for free.

After a closed-door meeting, Town Council re-adjourned and unanimously voted to allow Honea Path to pay its sewer bill and other associated bills to Ware Shoals in multiple partial payments across the next three months.

Contact Damian Dominguez at 864-634-7548 or follow on Twitter @IJDDOMINGUEZ.

Originally Published by Index-Journal on:Mar 22, 2016

By DAMIAN DOMINGUEZ ddominguez@indexjournal.com

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