Here is a recap of the Sept. 9 meeting of the Greenville City Council.
Initial approval: Greenville City Municipal Court property sale
Council gave initial approval to sell the Greenville City Municipal Court property at 426 N. Main St. The property will be sold to 426 N. Main LLC for $4 million.
According to the ordinance, the new property owner plans to construct two multistory buildings on the 2.66-acre site. The structures will be Class A mixed-use buildings.
The Greenville City Municipal Court will be relocating to the city’s new Public Safety Complex on Halton Road. The city will use the money from the property sale to offset the new complex’s construction cost.
Initial approval: School resource officer funding
Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to appropriate $869,019 in state funding to support eight school resource officer positions at:
- AJ Whittenberg Elementary
- Blythe Elementary
- GREEN Charter School
- Lead Academy
- Legacy Early College
- Sterling School-Charles Townes Center
- The Sullivan Center
- West Greenville School.
The Greenville City Police Department received a grant from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs’ SFY 2024-2025 School Resource Officer Program.
Additional items from Greenville City Council’s Sept. 9 meeting include:
- Council approved a lease agreement with the Greenville Airport Commission for a 10-acre property that will be used to create a skatepark and pump track. Read more.
- Council approved a resolution to accept a report on the Greenville Zoo’s organizational and operational structure.
- Final approval was given by council to enter into a development agreement with Three Falls LLC to complete enhancement along Falls Street and East McBee Avenue. The city will provide $650,000 to the developer for the improvements.
- The initial reading of an ordinance to appropriate $144,320 from a federal grant program to fund electric vehicle charging stations at the city’s new public safety complex was approved by council.
- Council deferred the first reading of an ordinance to amend the development code to reduce the public notice period for the demolition of historical structures from 90 days to 30 days.
