BLYTHEWOOD – Since filing a countersuit against MPA Strategies marketing firm, its owner Ashley Hunter and the nonprofit State and Frink Foundation, the Town of Blythewood government has been less than open concerning its arrangements with outside counsel David Black, an attorney with Nexsen Pruet LLC out of Columbia, who is representing the Town in […]
Hospital property sale could happen
August 19, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – After going into executive session during its regular meeting on Aug. 9, to receive legal advice concerning the possible sale of the former Fairfield Memorial Hospital property and its existing leases, council members voted 7-0 to sell the property to the Eau Clair Health Care Cooperative for $1.3 million. Next week, council will […]
New hurdles to Mt. Zion relocation
August 12, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – During Monday night’s county council meeting, Council Chair Moses Bell called on several county officials to voice their concerns about plans to relocate the county’s administration operations into the newly renovated Mt. Zion building when it’s completed in October, 2021. Bell and Councilwoman Shirley Greene took the lead in voicing those concerns, stating […]
Council defers vote to rezone
August 5, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The owners of a 10.4 acre property located at the intersection of Sandfield and Langford Roads and for years generally known as the Tom Boney cow pasture, applied to have the zoning of the property changed from Rural (RU) to Multi-Neighborhood Commercial District (MC) with Architectural Overlay District (AO). “The property is located […]
Town prepares to receive millions
August 5, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Anticipating millions of dollars in new funds to be coming to the Town in the near future, council voted unanimously Monday night for Town Manager Carroll Williamson to prepare the Town’s budget funds for the additional revenue. “Significant revenue funds are anticipated in this budget year that we didn’t know much about as […]
Fairfield Majority 4 criticized for spending
July 29, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Several speakers at Monday night’s Fairfield County Council meeting criticized the mixed messages they say county leaders are sending about the county’s budget and financial situation. Three speakers addressed the issue during the meeting’s public comment session at the start of the meeting, and then two council members commented during the council members’ […]
Council OKs funding for outside agencies
July 29, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During the FY2021-22 budget work session and discussions during Blythewood Town Council meetings, council identified specific outside agencies to receive funding. However, Town Administrator Carroll Williamson noted in a memo that council members approved the budget without a specific amount allocated to each agency. The total amount allocated for all the agencies was […]
Farmer’s Market Donation
July 29, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Doko Meadows Park Foundation president Paul Moscati, second from left, presented a check for $20,000 to Mayor Bryan Franklin that will go toward a $375,000 loan from the town for projects in the park. Moscati said that future projects of the Foundation will be the farmers’ market, the spray ground, clock tower, an […]
County hires $200/hour consultant to assist admin
July 22, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – The County’s Human Resources Director Brad Caulder was hired last month by the majority 4 as the county’s interim administrator to replace former Fairfield County Administrator Jason Taylor. Last week Caulder hired a $200 per hour consult to assist him in his administrative duties. Ed Driggers, a consultant with Parker Poe, will be […]
How will majority 4 spend $7.6M?
July 22, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Approximately $7.6 million is coming to Fairfield County this month from the Dominion settlement, and county council is looking at their options for how to spend it. According to the $99.5 million settlement agreement, which was finalized in May and resulted from the county’s lawsuit in relation to the failed nuclear plant project, […]
