The Clinton City Council’s wide-ranging agenda for this Monday evening’s regular monthly meeting ranges to gamut from honoring a former mayor to assigning properties to the Clinton Economic Development Corporation for marketing.
The meeting, open to the public, is set for Monday, 6 p.m. in the council chambers of the municipal center on North Broad Street.
Council had a discussion about the CEDC assignments at its Feb. 26 work session. Some Council members want the agenda packet that members receive - which contains the complete wording of proposed ordinances - posted to the City website. That way, interested citizens will know what they are taking about if they choose to participate in Public Hearings; normally, the Council allows speakers 2 minutes to state their opinions about items on the agenda.
Also, Council will consider having the city hire a part time Animal Control Office in light of a very serious dogs attack on North Livingston Street Valentine’s Day morning.
At the February work session, Council held a wide-ranging discussion about the Clinton Economic Development Corporation.
This comes as the council faces a critical vote at the March 4 meeting on an ordinance assigning properties to the CEDC for marketing and sale.
Mayor Pro-tem Ronnie Roth expressed concerns about the council “turning loose” of control of residential development land - saying all housing should come into the city as R1 zoning and if developers want it to be R2, high density, they should make that case directly to the council - and Council Members Anita Williams and Robbie Neal expressed interest in the proposal to sell a house on North Broad Street that once was the Clinton Museum.
“These decisions freeze the council out, and we need to be sure future councils have input in decisions,” Roth said about residential growth. “We have some concerns about what type of residential (comes into the city) going forward. We have plenty of patio homes. In Fountain Inn, they have patio homes and apartments everywhere and their population has doubled and they are building on to the high school. We need to make decisions on growth (like that) going forward.
“Let the CEDC run with what they’ve got. … If the CEDC is selling it, we don’t know who’s buying it.”
In a separate matter, council was told there are no deed restrictions that would prevent the sale of the former Clinton Museum building, which is between the Fire-Police Station and Broad Street United Methodist Church.
Because of handicapped accessibility and repair costs, the general view is this is not the best place for a general Clinton Museum, the council was told. The City also has a Textiles Museum in the ground floor of the MS Bailey Municipal Center, also on North Broad Street.
“I was on council when we tried to make it a museum,” Mayor Randall said. “A lot of money was spent trying to make the building useful, but it came up against a lot of roadblocks. We have the textile museum downstairs, we can expand that … but the Museum was rarely open. It’s been a tough thing trying to do something really good. For a few months, it ran well, but that’s been more than 10 years ago; it all started 20 years ago.”
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF CLINTON
Mayor – Randy Randall Danny Cook – Ward 1 Anita Williams – Ward 2 Robbie Neal – Ward 3 Gary Kuykendall – Ward 4
Mayor Pro Tem-Ronnie Roth- Ward 5 Megan Walsh – Ward 6
City Manager- Tom Brooks Assistant City Manager – Joey Meadors
Agenda Council Meeting
March 4, 2024 6:00 PM
P.S. Bailey City Council Chambers
M. S. Bailey Municipal Center 211 N. Broad Street
MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ELECTRONICALLY ON CITY OF CLINTON’S FACEBOOK PAGE @CITYOFCLINTONSC
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C. April as Fair Housing Month in the City of Clinton
26 OF THE SANITATION ORDINANCE NO. 2024-002-004
THE AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. A FINAL AGENDA WILL BE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING DATE.
Link to the full agenda packet here.
