WINNSBORO – County Council Monday night unanimously passed a revised policy governing how Council members would be reimbursed for mileage and other expenses. Prior to Sept. 23, when Council voted to rescind the policy that had stood since July 2010, Council members had been receiving a flat monthly allocation of $795 for expenses. Those expenses […]
County Budget Clears Second Reading
April 26, 2013 By
FAIRFIELD – County Council held a public hearing and passed second reading Monday night on a 2013-2014 budget that is nearly 11 percent leaner than the previous year’s budget. The County is working with a general fund budget of $22,645,189 for the coming fiscal year, down from the 2012-2013 general fund of $24,508,004. The capital […]
Future of Landmark in Doubt
April 26, 2013 By
Council considers fate of former offices FAIRFIELD – Although 117 E. Washington St. was on its last legs long before the County Coroner, the Fire Marshall and Voter Registration moved out in July of 2011, suggestions of its imminent demise at Monday night’s County Council meeting stirred an emotional, heartfelt reaction from one Fairfield County […]
Rezoning Effort Dies on First Reading
September 14, 2012 By
An effort to rezone nearly 7 and a half acres of land on Toatley Road in Winnsboro died at Monday night’s County Council meeting when the first reading of the ordinance failed to garner a second. The property is owned by Melvin Stevenson, who sought to have the land rezoned from RD (Rural Resource District) […]
County OK’s Zoning Officers
July 20, 2012 By
With two of its members in attendance at the Town of Winnsboro’s water authority meeting and one member out for personal reasons, a bare quorum of Fairfield County Council gave the final OK July 9 to administration to hire two new code enforcement officers as well as create an assistant director of planning and zoning […]
Tighter Codes Putting Fairfield County Staff to the Test
July 6, 2012 By
Fairfield County’s new building codes are putting a strain on existing staff, and during the June 25 meeting of County Council, County Administrator Phil Hinely informed Council of his intent to bring on help. “Recently Council updated the zoning and building codes to reflect the current national codes, and added an initiative to address the […]
After Injection of County Cash, Hospital Turns Corner
June 22, 2012 By
Fairfield County Council received an update Monday night on their $1.2 million investment into Fairfield Memorial Hospital in a meeting on the Midland’s Tech campus with the hospital’s Board of Directors. “The good news is that it’s good news,” Tim Mitchell, the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer, said. Mitchell reported that the hospital, for the first […]
County Considers Future of Water Supply
June 21, 2012 By
Though the agenda was light, the Fairfield County Council had plenty to talk about during their June 11 evening meeting after County Administrator Phil Hinely mentioned a meeting held on June 8 with SCE&G, Winnsboro and Fairfield County representatives to discuss the possibility of using water from Lake Monticello in western Fairfield County. Water from […]
