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Town Council Work Session - September 23rd 

Posted by Seth Duncan Friday, September 20, 2019 8:08:00 AM

The Batesburg-Leesville Town Council will hold a council work session at 6:00 pm on September 23rd at the Town Hall Complex.  The discussion topic will be regarding Hospitality Tax Ideas.  The public is encouraged to attend.

 

Hospitality Tax Advisory Panel Meeting September 18th 

Posted by Seth Duncan Monday, September 16, 2019 10:38:00 AM

The Town of Batesburg-Leesville Hospitality Tax Advisory Panel will be holding a meeting Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm at the Town Hall Complex at 120 West Church Street Suite B.  

 

 

 

Limited Boil Water Notice 

Posted by Seth Duncan Friday, August 2, 2019 12:01:00 PM

Due to schedule water line maintenance, water customers along Windmill Road and Highway One may experience a loss of pressure or service outage during the morning hours of Sunday, August 4th. The outage may last up to four hours. If you experience a loss of pressure or complete outage, please boil your water before drinking for 48 hours or until Tuesday, August 6th. If you have any questions, please call Town Hall at 532-4601. Thank you. Only the area below will be impacted.

National Night Out and Family Movie Night 

Posted by Seth Duncan Thursday, July 18, 2019 1:49:00 PM

The Town will be recognizing National Night Out on Wednesday, August 7th from 6-8pm. The event will feature fire and police demonstrations, static vehicles and treats for the attendees. Lexington County Recreation and Aging will be hosting a Family Movie Night after National Night Out starting at 8pm. During the movie, the Dream Catchers will be selling concessions. All activities will take place behind the Senior Center at 227 Highland Ave. 

New Comet Life Line Service Coming 

Posted by Seth Duncan Tuesday, June 25, 2019 3:06:00 PM

The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority, has announced the creation of a Life Line route to begin serving Batesburg-Leesville in September. The Comet, as the bus services is known, will offer one-day a week service between Columbia and Batesburg-Leesville. The route is still being developed, and folks are asked to visit the link below for more information and to complete a survey that will help finalize the route.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MCPPZDG

Thanks for your help!

2018 Annual Drinking Water Report Now Available 

Posted by Seth Duncan Tuesday, June 25, 2019 3:04:00 PM

The Town of Batesburg-Leesville presents this year’s Water Quality Report for 2018. Our goal is and always has been, to provide to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. As noted in the report no violations were found. Readers can access the full report here

Water customers in the Harbour Watch area may find a copy of their water quality report here.

Council Selects Contractors 

Posted by Seth Duncan Friday, June 14, 2019 1:53:00 PM

On Monday, June 10th at their regular monthly meeting, Town Council voted to award the following contracts:

  • CDB Inc. to perform up to $30,000 in sidewalk repairs
  • Palmetto Southern with funding up to $30,000 to install an automatic entry/exit gate system at the Water Treatment Plant 

Both contracts were awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after a competitive Request for Proposal process. 

Bids received for the Sidewalk Repair/Replacement RFP include:

BIDS

Sidewalk

First Construction Mgt

MADCO

WSH Construction

CBD

Larry Pittman & Associates

Calculated Total

 $  51,139.68

 $      98,716.56

 $         67,426.69

 $  51,743.25

 $                  70,176.50

 

Bids received for the Security Gate RFP include:

  • Palmetto Southern Inc - $28,722.29

Council authorized expenditures up to $30,000 to include 20 radio controlled opening devices and driveway repairs/modifications. 

 

Share your vision of the Comet! 

Posted by Seth Duncan Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:00:00 PM

Join us on Thursday, June 20th for a vision session to help shape the Comet in Batesburg-Leesville. More info below. 

Garbage Rates Increasing 

Posted by Seth Duncan Saturday, June 1, 2019 3:29:00 PM

Garbage rates for customers will be increasing starting July 1st. The current rate will increase from $12.10 per month to $12.78. The increase is due to a contractual Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase and rising recycling costs. As of June, recycling costs have risen to $88.16 per ton from $54.02 last September.  

 

Draft Budget Released 

Posted by Seth Duncan Wednesday, May 29, 2019 4:37:00 PM

Batesburg-Leesville Town Council will be meeting on Thursday, May 30th at 6pm in Council Chambers to discuss and potentially take action on First Reading of an Ordinance adopting a budget for Fiscal Year 2019-2020. The combined budget totals $7,911,576 in both revenues and expenditures without a tax increase. The Town budget consists of a General Fund, Enterprise Fund (Water/Sewer), Hospitality Tax Fund, and Victims Assistance Fund. The budget, if adopted,would take effect July 1st. To review the full budget, please click here.  

 

 

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