Here’s a recap of Greer City Council’s Nov. 26 meeting:
Approved: 2025 city paving list
Council unanimously approved the 2025 paving list for city streets at an estimated cost of nearly $2 million.
The list includes 14 streets on the Greenville County side of the city totaling 1.74 miles at an estimated cost of $905,000 and 12 streets on the Spartanburg County side of the city totaling 2.31 miles at an estimated cost of $1.1 million.
The cost of the Greenville County projects is expected to be offset by appropriations from the Greenville County Legislative Delegation Transportation Committee.
Costs for the Spartanburg County projects are expected to be offset by funding through the county transportation committee and $500,000 in designated funding to the city from county capital projects sales tax revenue.
Approved: Mayfield Road annexation
Council unanimously approved second and final reading of two measures annexing a total of about 75 acres on Mayfield Road into the city and establishing an initial zoning category of suburban neighborhood.
Plans for the property involve construction of 134 age restricted single family residential units.
Approved: Maximum price for police, fire training facility
Council unanimously approved accepting a $15.8 million guaranteed maximum price package from the contractor for a new police and fire training facility to be built at 1985 Hood Road.
Reeves Young has been selected as the general contractor for the project, which the city had anticipated costing about $17 million.
The majority of the cost will be covered by debt issued by the Corporation for Greer Fund, while $800,000 will come from American Rescue Plan Act funding allocated to the city, $800,000 from the Greer Police Federal Drug Fund, and $250,000 in allocated funding from the state through the Department of Public Safety.
