# Berkeley County Committee Meetings - 10/12/2026

Berkeley County, South Carolina committee meetings — October 12, 2026. The Community Services Committee approved a Hanahan Senior Center change order to furnish and install three panic-hardware doors and extend the contract by 30 days, to November 27; the City of Hanahan will pay the cost. The Administrative Services Committee approved $141,500 in 2026–27 accommodations-tax recommendations for 13 outside agencies. Members amended the awards, reducing the Cooper River Bridge Run allocation from $25,000 to $5,000, setting the BASS Nation South Carolina award at $12,500 and increasing the Wassamasaw Tribe’s award from $15,000 to $18,000; the transcript states that the remaining $4,500 would return to the budget. A member recused from the vote concerning Santee Cooper’s award.

The Public Utilities Committee awarded the landfill and convenience-center scrap-metal bid to Charleston Steel and Metal at 51.125% of market value. It also approved using water-system fund balance to cash-fund part of six Lake Moultrie Regional Water Plant capital projects, including PFAS removal, treatment upgrades and a redundant transmission main; discussion cited the potential to put at least $70 million toward costs and noted a transmission-line cost near $100 million. The Justice and Public Safety Committee approved a $77,970 federal Local Emergency Management Performance Grant with a 50/50 in-kind match. Other committees considered zoning changes and ordinances, including motorized-cart path requirements and an increase in Mental Health Board membership; no additional procurement awards were identified.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 12, 2026

### Sources
- [Berkeley County Committee Meetings - 10/12/2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUQdP5inh5M) - Berkeley County SC Government