Wade Hampton
Wade Hampton, SC · Municipal
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Central Town Council Advances Over $530,000 in Town Improvement Projects
Central Town Council unanimously approved the first reading of a funding package for several municipal projects, anchored by $220,000 for new public basketball courts that Councilman Curtis Peek proposed naming the Joe Moss Unity in the Community Park. Other allocations include $54,000 combined for a Main Street crosswalk and nine flashing crosswalk signs, $50,000 for a Main Street pocket park, $40,000 for Bolick Field lights, $40,000 for crushed asphalt on Disc Golf Road, and $13,000 total for website accessibility upgrades and a police ATV. The plan also designates $50,000 to restore the old Central jail into a tourism office and event restrooms, $50,000 for new Town Hall flooring, and $18,000 for depot insulation.
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Public Hearing Set for Rezoning of 100-Acre Lake Keowee Peninsula
The Seneca Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 16, at City Hall to consider a rezoning request for more than 100 acres on a Lake Keowee peninsula at 134 Indian Oaks Road, accessible via South Cove Road. Real estate development company Keowee Bluff LLC is seeking a zoning change for the property, currently zoned Planned Development – Residential (PD-R), to build a low-density residential development featuring single-family homes, cottages, and lakefront lots. The request follows the rejection earlier this year of a previous proposal for the same site that would have included a hotel.
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Pioneer Rural Water District Approves Bond Resolutions for Plant Expansion
The Pioneer Rural Water District Board of Directors unanimously approved resolutions on Tuesday allowing the district to sell up to $15.5 million in public market bonds to finance a two-phase expansion of its water treatment plant. Phase 1 features an $11 million, 5 million-gallons-per-day ozone treatment system—slated to come online next July—that will eliminate supplemental water purchases from Seneca, while Phase 2 will expand capacity to 5 MGD backed by an expected $8 million U.S. Economic Development Administration grant. With Wells Fargo engaged to sell the bonds on Nov. 17 and an anticipated closing date of Dec. 1, general manager Terry Pruitt noted that contractors are ready to begin work as soon as the financing is finalized.
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Seneca Approves Initial Budget Adjustment for City Administrator Severance Agreement
Seneca officials unanimously passed the initial reading of Ordinance 2026-24, expanding the fiscal year 2026–27 general fund revenue and expenditures by $193,170—drawn directly from municipal reserves—to accommodate payroll and benefit adjustments linked to City Administrator Scott Moulder’s $500,000 settlement package. This action follows a prior decision to advance Moulder’s contractual departure date from May 2029 to December 31, 2026, under an early retirement arrangement where the municipality will purchase credits through the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) to grant him 28 years of service and disburse the remaining balance of the $500,000 as a severance payout in exchange for a liability release, pending final ordinance approval by the local governing body.