# 2026-10-15 North Charleston Committee Meetings


**Body:** City of North Charleston
**Date:** October 16, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The City of North Charleston’s Public Safety and Finance Committee meetings, identified in the transcript as October 15, 2026, included several approved procurement and funding items. The Finance Committee approved purchases of bleachers and installation from Cunningham Recreation for Lentz Field ($94,523.71), renovation of the Westcott Golf Course Clubhouse porch by Kena Edwards Group LLC ($333,224.99), and parking-lot lighting at Northwoods Community Center from Sandlin Electrical LLC ($58,658). It also approved repair and renovation contracts for the Fire Logistics Building (no amount or vendor stated) and a modification to an existing contract with The Platform Group to add American Ramp Company to the project team. The committee accepted a $244,509 Port Security Grant, a $136,363.63 Assistance to Firefighters Grant, an in-car video camera grant from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (amount not stated), and $305,000 in FY 2026–27 earmarked appropriations. Motions to approve these items passed; no opposition was recorded in the transcript.

The Public Safety Committee received an update that draft UDO zoning articles would be posted for public review, with the proposed zoning map expected later. It denied rezoning requests for 2141 South Roland Circle, 5571 Woodbine Avenue, and 4524 Holmes Avenue; another rezoning request for 4806 Piedmont Avenue was also moved for denial. The committee approved annexation of an Old Hertz Road parcel and a related rezoning to M-2, though the transcript is unclear on the exact vote procedure. Members also discussed whether to restore a B-3 zoning category for clubs and nighttime establishments; no policy action was taken on that suggestion.

**Source:** City of North Charleston