Town Council will meet on Thursday, August 20th at 7:00 p.m. for its regularly scheduled meeting. Please click here for items of discussion on the agenda. To view the entire meeting packet, please click on the Residents tab or the meeting calendar.
The Town of James Island closed on the purchase of Pinckney Park Thursday. On behalf of all James Islanders, I want to thank Mr. Jerome Harris for providing this opportunity for everyone to enjoy the beauty of the land that has been in the Pinckney family for so many years. The funds for the $890,000 purchase come from the Town's urban allocation of the Charleston County Greenbelt Fund. I want to...
The Town of James Island is pleased to announce the purchase of Pinckney Park, a beautiful 7 acre site located at 461 Fort Johnson Road. Pinckney Park was purchased with Greenbelt Funds and offers a great view of the marsh with majestic trees and easy access. Please plan to drop by Pinckney Park for an Open House on Sunday, August 23rd between 1-5 p.m. You will have a chance to tour the park so...
The Town is working with First Baptist Church on a School Supply Drive. We need the supplies by Friday, August 14. Please bring them to Town Hall. We are asking for donations of school supplies: new book bags, wide ruled and college ruled paper, pencils, pens and mechanical pencils, large and small erasers, pencil boxes, pencil pouches, colored pencils, markers, highlighters, rulers, pencil...
The new Chair of the James Island Public Service District, June Waring, signed an article in the District's newsletter responding to the Town's May proposal for tax relief. I wrote the Commissioners sharing a proposal to allow the JIPSD to lower their taxes significantly rather than increase them by nearly 4%. The proposal was for the JIPSD to transfer service rights for solid waste collection to...
July 31, 2015 Release Number: 3930 MEDIA CONTACTShawn Smetana, Public Information OfficerPhone: (843) 958-4007 / Fax: (843) 958-4004Email: ssmetana@charlestoncounty.org Project website: http://roads.charlestoncounty.org/projects/harborviewroad/ Traffic Alert: Nighttime Lane Closures continue for the Harbor View Road Improvements Project Charleston County Government announces nighttime lane...
The Town of James Island Evaluation Committee will interview three (3) firms that submitted Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a Town Hall. Interviews are scheduled as follows: Thursday, August 6, at 3 p.m. - Creech and Associates Thursday, August 6, at 4 p.m. - Liollio Architecture Tuesday, August 11, at 4 p.m. - Rosenblum Coe
Over twenty years ago, our first Mayor, Joan Sooy, purchased property for a Town Hall. When the City of Charleston and the South Carolina Supreme Court took the first Town away from the people of James Island, that property was lost, but not the dream. Now that we have a fourth and final incorporation, the Town is ready to move forward. I made the announcement at the February Council meeting and...
Charleston County Council approved the Town's request for matching funds for construction of the Camp Road Sidewalk Phase II. This is Transportation Sales Tax (TST) funding. The Town will use $85,000 of Town funds and Charleston County will match that with $85,000 of TST money. The Town has already funded the design work. Phase II of the Camp Road Sidewalk project will provide sidewalk along Camp...
Council approved on a 3-2 vote a 20 mil property tax and a $2,948,058 property tax credit. The millage will appear on the October property tax bill as will a Town property tax credit. The amount of tax due to the Town will be zero on all tax bills. Here is an example of a property tax bill including the Town millage and tax credit. $2,948,058 is equal to the total amount of revenue the Town has...