Greenville County residents face road fee increase, new public safety fee
GREENVILLE, S.C. — By a 7-4 vote in its third and final reading, Greenville County councilmembers last week approved an ordinance resulting in a $14.95 per household public safety telecommunications fee and a $10 increase in the license plate sticker fee.
Public Safety Telecommunication - $14.95 to modernize radio equipment, according to officials, for public safety and emergency agencies in the county. The increase will be on the annual property tax bill.
1) $2.7 million, service cost to Greenville County a year;
2) 5,000 radios, $35 monthly subscription fee per radio;
3) $10 monthly subscription fee per radio; and
4) $600,000 per year for six years for infrastructure, towers built and dispatch centers to be upgraded.
Road Maintenance Fee: $25 annual license plate sticker, $10 increase from present $15.
Voting against: Joe Dill, Willis Meadows, Lynn Ballard, Mike Barnes
Absent: Sid Cates
By a 7-4 vote Greenville County Council approved the two-part ordinance in a third and final reading:
Public Safety Telecommunication
a) $14.95 for an ordinance to modernize radio equipment, according to officials, for public safety and emergency agencies in the county. The increase will be on the annual tax bill.
1) $2.7 million, service cost to Greenville County a year
2) 5,000 radios, $35 monthly subscription fee per radio
3) $10 monthly subscription fee per radio
4) $600,000 per year for six years for infrastructure, towers built and dispatch centers to be upgraded
Road Maintenance Fee
$25 annual license plate sticker, $10 increase from present $15.
Butch Kirven
Xanthene Norris
Rick Roberts
Liz Seman
Ennis Fant
BobTaylor
Fred Payne
Voting against
Lynn Ballard
Joe Dill
Mike Barnes
Willis Meadows
Absent
Sid Cates
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