WHITMIRE — Whitmire Town Council adopted two resolutions, the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Adoption Resolution and the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement for Catastrophic Disaster Response and Recovery at Monday’s monthly meeting.
The mitigation plan states that the Town of Whitmire recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to people and their properties, and that having a mitigation plan in place before disasters occur will help reduce potential harm to people and property as well as save taxpayer dollars.
This plan is required to receive future grant funding of mitigation projects. The resolution states that the Whitmire Town Council will adopt the update to the All Natural Hazards Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan for the Central Midlands Region in its entirety and will undertake annual recordings of hazard events, their impact duration and cost.
The mutual aid agreement states that any county, incorporated municipality or other political subdivision may agree with the state or other political divisions for the joint administration of any function and exercise of powers and the sharing of the costs.
It also states that these governments will cooperate to develop and maintain plans for mutual assistance in emergencies.
South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 6-11-1810 states that any municipality, fire district, fire protection agency or other emergency service entity may provide mutual aid assistance, upon request from any other municipality, fire district, etc. at the time of a fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood or other disaster.
Other business:
• Mayor Billy Hollingsworth reported a beginning balance of $12,944.90 for the November financial report. There was a reported $53,440.95 in deposits, along with $48,439.56 in expenditures. The ending balance for the month of November was $17,946.56.
• The Public Works Department started with a balance of $3,988.92 for November. They brought in $80,002.06 in revenue and had $82,882.05 in expenditures, leaving an ending balance of $1,108.93.
• Jeremiah Sinclair reported that the Whitmire Police Department filed 90 incidents for November 2016. There were also 128 citations issued for the month. Calls that the Department received included domestic violence, burglary, shoplifting, unlawful carrying pistol, possession of marijuana, meth and controlled substances and criminal sexual conduct with a minor. For the month of November, the Whitmire Police Department investigated five wrecks.
• A motion was made by Chrystal Harsha and seconded by Michael Thomas to have second reading on an ordinance to authorize the sale of property located at 205 Evans St.
• Beth Broom reported for Recreation that basketball teams have began practicing. There is one 10, 11 and 12-year-old team and are asking for more players on the eight and nine year old team. Registration forms have been taken to the school in hopes of getting more kids involved. Broom also reported that the football stadium is continuing to make progress.