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The Senate passed the budget bill this week while the House continues to work to clear its calendar before the General Assembly adjourns on Thursday, May 13th. However, the House introduced a Sine Die Resolution this week (H. 4285). If the Sine Die Resolution is adopted by the Senate, the General Assembly will meet several times in the month of June to complete any unfinished work on the budget, take up conference reports, Governor vetoes, and a few other specified items. They will also likely meet in the fall to adopt redistricting plans.
As a reminder, county funding... Read more
NACo held a membership call on April 21, 2021. The presentation slides shared during the call include the latest information on the US Treasury’s Guidance on the American Rescue Plan and steps counties need to take immediately to receive these federal funds once they become available.Read more
The South Carolina Association of Counties and the National Association of Counties (NACo) are proud to announce the new graduating class of NACo’s High Performance Leadership Academy—a 12-week online program that empowers county government officials and employees with fundamental leadership skills. The following 17 South Carolina county officials recently completed the program. More than 800 county officials nationwide have completed the program.
Crystal Barnes, Assistant to County Administrator/Clerk to Council, McCormick County
Kimberly Belk, Deputy County... Read more
The House continued to move bills along on their calendar this week, while the Senate spent most of the week debating what to do with Santee Cooper (see below). The Senate will begin debate on the budget on Tuesday of next week. We will discuss the budget as passed by the Senate Finance Committee as well as other bills of interest below.
As discussed last week, the US Treasury Department issued initial directives on steps counties need to take to begin the process of drawing down the American Rescue Plan funds for counties.... Read more