North Augusta talks stall as council deadlocks on resolution
A 4–4 tie ends a council effort to urge a North Augusta meeting amid frictions over a water and sewer project. Council members Mullins and Woodring oppose while Trapp and McElhaney push for talks. A committee of Woodring Trapp Cullinan and McElhaney will pursue a meeting with North Augusta and the county PSA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trapp
North Augusta
D. Kim Ledford
Mim Woodring
Ralph Cullinan
Fay Hatcher
Medwell Fill
Mike McElhaney
Cullinan
Woodring
Warner
Homer McGee
William Clyburn
William Horton
Belvedere
Cullinan and McElhaney
County Public Service Authority
Council
North Augusta Advances 201 Facilities Plan for Sewage Lift Station
The North Augusta city council moves ahead with the 201 Facilities Plan expanding study areas in Storm Branch and Spring Branch to combat pollution. A lift station project is funded by a bond ordinance and a health department permit, promising public sanitary sewer collection for many residents. Mayor Ledford defends the plan against criticism and says contracts remain with the PSA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Ledford
PSA
Department of Health and Environmental Control
North Augusta
Death penalty sought in Tyner inmate bombing case
Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against Donald Gaskins and five others in the Sept. 12 bombing at the Central Correctional Institution that killed Rudolph Tyner, with Gaskins already serving 10 life sentences for 1975 murders in Florence and Newberry counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Maximum Security
Central Correctional Institution
Donald H
Pee Wee” Gaskins
Florence
Newberry
DCI
Rudolph Tyner
Richland County
James C. Anders
Gaskins
Tyner
County actions on rates bonds and personnel in South Carolina
The council passed a resolution praising the Aiken County Citizens Action Committee Opposing Increased Utility Rates and directed Warner to notify the Public Service Commission and the county delegation about SC Electric and Gas rate hikes. It approved three monitor wells at Wagener and Langley landfills, requested a quarterly report on Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center funds, promoted Charles T. Asbelle to chief appraiser deputy assessor, and gave second reading to a new county employee pay-grade plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Aiken County
Citizens Action Committee
Council
Warner
Public Service Commission
South Carolina
Wagener
Langley
Mattie C. Hall
Charles T. Asbelle
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Weight Watchers
Aiken
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
North Augusta Meeting Security Federal Savings and Loan Building
London Daisy
Phillip Howell
Athens
Chesterfield S
Jaycee Fairgrounds
Aiken Standard Bay
Aiken Lines
Caan Fair
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