Daniel Prince
Proposed ordinances include one dealing with boards and commissions and selling City Park property
Union County Council will hold its regular monthly meeting today at 5:30 p.m. in the Grand Jury Room at the Union County Courthouse. The public is invited to attend, and it will be live streamed to www.facebook.com/GearUpUnionSC. Additional details on the agenda items can be found on the county’s website at gearupunionsc.com under the Public Notices tab. Amy Austin will discuss securing grant money to pay for resurfacing at the Miracle League Field. Council will set the dates and times for its monthly meetings in 2023. They will consider appointment of a vice-chair and chaplain. They will consider appointments to standing committees, requests to fill vacant budgeted positions, and requests for capital funds. They will also consider scheduling a special meeting on Tuesday, January 24.
Council will consider a resolution on providing matching funds for an Appalachian Regional Commission grant to develop a Regional Tourism Plan. Council will hold 3rd reading on the tower lease for Verizon. They will hold first reading on an amendment to an ordinance pertaining to appointments to boards and commissions. The stated purpose of the ordinance is to propose an ability that would allow duly elected council members to make appointments to boards and commissions upon their taking office; to propose an ability that would allow council to appoint a person to a vacant board or commission seat should a member of council not be able to do so for an extended period of time; to propose a change to the stadium commission; and to propose updating the ordinance to remove boards and commissions that are no longer applicable to Union County or are appointed by state government officials. Currently, new council members must wait until June of their first term to make appointments. It would add in the ability for council to make appointments if a particular council member cannot do so for an extended period. The ordinance proposes that the Stadium Commission be reduced from 7 members to 3, with those being the Union County Schools Superintendent, the mayor or administrator of the City of Union, and the Union County Supervisor. The Stadium Director would be an ex-officio member of the commission and would serve as its chair.
Council will also hold first reading of an ordinance authorizing the sale and conveyance of county-owned property to the Union-Laurens Commission on Higher Education. This pertains to the county-owned City Park property.
Supervisor Phillip Russell will give his report to council, followed by any committee reports or announcements by council members. An executive session is planned for a personnel matter.