City Council Meeting - November 9 2026

The Anderson City Council meeting on November 9, 2026, included a wastewater infrastructure contract award and several land-use and utility matters. Council unanimously approved a contract with Cove Utility LLC to replace aging equalization-basin liners at the Generosity Creek and Rocky River wastewater treatment plants. Cove was the apparent low bidder among five, at $658,550; the contract includes a 10% contingency of $65,855, for a total authorization of $724,405, funded from the sewer budget. Council also unanimously approved on second and final reading easements across city property for Blue Ridge Electric and Duke Energy Carolinas LLC. The easements support additional power to a police department facility and utility access near a city water tower, respectively; no dollar amounts were stated.

On land use, Council unanimously approved first reading to annex and zone approximately 4.96 acres on Salem Church Road for a proposed 54-unit workforce and senior housing project, with about an acre reserved for public open space. Council also approved first reading, as amended, for annexation and zoning of approximately 61.8 acres on Hembury Road as a planned development based on mixed residential zoning, with a 5,000-square-foot minimum lot size and specified housing types excluded. Residents raised concerns about traffic, tree loss, drainage, and neighborhood compatibility. The city noted that future development would be subject to Unified Development Ordinance standards, including traffic analysis and mitigation, buffers, tree preservation, and sidewalks. A separate request to rezone about three acres was referred to the Planning Commission.