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Government

  • Cost increase for improvements at city wastewater treatment plants

    The total cost for improvements at the city of Lancaster’s wastewater treatment plant has gone up, though officials say the increase will save the city a lot of money in the future. 

    Mack McDonald, the city’s public utilities director, gave an update on work at the plant during City Council’s meeting Tuesday night. 

    Turner Murphy Construction of Rock Hill is installing four new 150-horsepower effluent pumps, which send wastewater from the Lockwood Lane treatment plant to the Catawba River. 

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  • City sets start date of fire hydrant testing

    The Lancaster Fire Department has set a start  date of April 4 for its semi-annual fire hydrant testing throughout the city limits.

    The testing will continue throughout April and May. 

    All city fire hydrants will be tested to ensure they operate properly and produce the required water pressure when needed to fight fires. 

    The hydrant testing must be done during normal operating hours. 

    It is impossible to know in advance where or when testing will take place in any specific area. 

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  • Group organizes to oppose landfill

    More than 120 county residents gathered at the Rich Hill Volunteer Fire Department on Friday night to organize opposition to a proposed solid waste landfill in the Flat Creek area.
    Billed as the first meeting of the Lancaster County Action Council, residents gathered to oppose the idea of changing the use of the Mineral Mining Landfill off S.C. 903 from a construction and demolition landfill to a solid waste landfill.

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  • Names sought for veterans monument

    HEATH SPRINGS – A project to permanently honor past military servicemen and woman is coming along well, organizers say.
    David Williams of the Heath Springs Veterans Association gave Heath Springs Town Council an update Tuesday on plans for a veterans monument at the corner where the old water tower stood, facing North Main Street.
    The veterans association formed a special committee about 18 months ago to began planning for the granite monument, which will feature names of late Lancaster County residents who served in any branch of the military.

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  • Fort Lawn seniors will continue to meet, eat

    Travis Jenkins
    Landmark News Service
    FORT LAWN – When the decision was made last week to close the Fort Lawn Senior Center, the town’s mayor and Chester County leaders immediately sprang into action to seek alternatives to keep the center in operation.
    On Tuesday,  York County Council on Aging Director Wendy Duda informed  Chester County Council members that due to budget shortfalls and attendance numbers, the Fort Lawn Senior Center will close.

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  • Kershaw employees to get new insurance coverage

    KERSHAW – The town of Kershaw is in the market for a new heath care provider.
    Town Administrator Tony Starnes told council members Thursday that the town’s current provider, S.C. Local Government Assurance Group (LGAG), is dissolving in June.
    LGAG is run by the Municipal Association of South Carolina.
    Kershaw has participated in LGAG for several years. But that group’s dwindling membership has lead to its end, Starnes said.

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  • Council to vote on IL ordinances

    County Council will consider second reading on two Indian Land-related ordinances when its meets Tuesday night.
    After an overwhelming majority of residents voted last week to approve a proposed fire protection district in Indian Land, council will move forward with the process and hear second reading of the ordinance on Tuesday.

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  • Council develops first strategic plan

    It began with a wall covered in sticky notes and scraps of paper, but ended with a rough draft for the county’s first-ever strategic plan.
    Armed with lists of ideas on how to improve the quality of life for county residents, several members of County Council, as well as other county staff members, met in Columbia  from Jan. 14 through Jan. 16 to hammer out ideas at a strategic planning session. Held at the University of South Carolina’s Institute for Governmental Services, the session allowed council to identify and prioritize the needs of the county.

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  • Howard elected mayor pro tem

    John Howard jokes that he’ll probably never have to exercise the duties of his newly elected position.
    Howard, who has served on Lancaster City Council since 1982, was elected mayor pro tempore at Tuesday’s meeting. He will assume mayoral duties in Mayor Joe Shaw’s absence.
    But that’s the catch – Shaw is hardly absent.
    Shaw said he’s missed just two council meetings in the nearly 30 years he’s been mayor, and Howard is quite aware of that.

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  • Schools conduct surprise searches

    Lancaster County school board members heard an update Tuesday night about the implementation of the district’s new drugs and weapons search initiative at county schools.
    Bryan Vaughn, director of safety and transportation, said in December school officials conducted 13 drug searches under the new policy. One search was conducted at each of the county’s five middle schools and each of the four high schools were searched twice.

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