WINNSBORO – After receiving legal advice in executive session Monday evening regarding potential opioid litigation on behalf of Fairfield County, Council returned to public session and voted to join a lawsuit being brought by Savage, Royall & Sheheen L.L.P of Camden. “This firm is filing suits on behalf of a number of counties to recover […]
SCE&G asks for venue change
February 8, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – South Carolina Electric and Gas Company has filed a motion for a change of venue for the lawsuit Fairfield County filed on Nov. 29, 2017 against the utility for a temporary injunction. The matter is to be heard on Thursday before Judge Paul Burch. “SCE&G is asking to have the trial moved to […]
NC firm offers $2.2M for spec building
February 1, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – In a hastily scheduled special called meeting on Monday night, County Council passed a resolution authorizing the approval and execution of a letter of intent between the County and CS Industrial, LLC of North Carolina. Council also passed first reading on an ordinance authorizing the County to convey all or a portion of […]
County OKs deed for Mt Zion
January 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – County Council voted 5-2 Monday night to accept transfer of the deed for the Mt. Zion property from 1st and Main Development Group, should the renovation of Mt. Zion prove, in the end, not to be feasible. Mikel Trapp and Neal Robinson voted against the County accepting the deed. During County Council time, […]
County gingerly pursues Mt. Zion
January 11, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Before going into executive session Monday evening to discuss a contractual matter concerning a Memorandum of Understanding and proposed deed agreement between the County and the Town of Winnsboro aimed at renovating Mt. Zion for use as County office space, County Administrator Jason Taylor laid out the sticking point. To go forward with […]
Letter to the Editor: Vote for Revitalization
January 11, 2018 By
I lived in Winnsboro for 25 years and participated in my community in many ways. Although I now live away from Fairfield County, I continue to be vitally interested in a place that will always be near to my heart. I support the proposal before council to revitalize property with historic significance and put it […]
Mt. Zion rehab hits potential snag
December 28, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – On Nov. 21, Winnsboro Town Council voted to accept a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Fairfield County and 1st & Main Development of Durham, N.C., regarding the revitalization of the Mt. Zion property. The MOU was proposed by Councilman Billy Smith last summer, but before it could be voted on, Council was distracted […]
County takes SCE&G to court
December 21, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County faced off with attorneys for South Carolina Gas and Electric (SCE&G) last week in Common Pleas Court in Winnsboro before Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Brian Gibbons. Lawyers for the County called for the immediate issuance of a temporary injunction against SCE&G based on what the County says is the power company’s […]
County passes on 14 acres; reconsiders 2-acre Presbyterian Church property
December 14, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – During the public comment period of County Council’s meeting Monday evening, a Winnsboro resident questioned Council’s wisdom in purchasing 14 acres for a fire station when the County Assessor told her the average acreage for a fire station in Fairfield County is two acres. “What will the other two acres be used for?” […]
