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2026-10-12 - City Council

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Built from the City's posted agenda and the draft minutes copied into the October 26 agenda packet; the City's own posted minutes were not in the portal listing. Approval of these draft minutes at October 26 is not verified.

  • Presentations from Golden Harvest Food Bank and Cumbee Center (Domestic Violence Awareness Month). Public comment touched the November 7 Veterans Day parade and homeless services. A budget amendment was removed from the agenda and moved to October 26.
  • Minutes of September 28 approved unanimously.
  • Consent: second reading of annexations at Kismet Dr, Pine Log Rd, Wildwood Rd and Silver Bluff Rd (RS-15) and Smallridge St (RS-10) approved unanimously (Annexations and Rezonings).
  • Whiskey Road restaurant concept plan (no drive-thru; Whiskey Road access to close; Planning Commission 6-0 with conditions) approved on second reading unanimously (Whiskey Road Restaurant Concept Plan).
  • First readings approved: State special appropriations budget amendment (FY2026-27 Budget Amendments); Traffic Management Ordinance amendment, unanimous (Traffic Management Ordinance); and the SBA Towers lease (SBA Towers Lease at Town Creek Water Plant).
  • No board nominations were made (Board Appointments and Vacancies).
  • Airport renaming resolution (moved by Brohl, seconded by Messina): heavy public comment for and against; the General Aviation Commission did not recommend the change. Waldo moved to continue it to October 26 or November 9; carried 5-2 with Brohl and Messina opposed (Airport Renaming Resolution).
  • Union Street Bridge memorandum of agreement with SCDOT approved unanimously (Union Street Bridge MOA).
  • Contract for a Via microtransit feasibility study ($50,000 initial study) was considered; the outcome is not fully verified (Via Microtransit Feasibility Study).

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