County Council Chair Moses Bell and new council member Shirley Greene chat with Helen McFadden who facilitated an orientation workshop for parliamentary procedure and Robert’s Rules of Order for council members on Jan. 23.
County attorney: councilman likely holding dual offices
February 3, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – After three weeks in the job, legal questions are already swirling around a recently elected Fairfield County councilman. Fairfield County Councilman Timothy Roseborough also works as a building official in Union County and serves on the Jenkinsville Water Company board of directors, positions some say violate the state’s prohibition on dual office holding. […]
Council abruptly reduces county administrator’s employment to 5 months
January 28, 2021 By
Bell, Greene, Roseborough vote in favor to make it happen WINNSBORO – Following an executive session Monday night to discuss and receive legal advice regarding the county administrator’s contract, council voted 4 – 3 to renew County Administrator Jason Taylor’s contract, but for only five months. Councilman Mikel Trapp made the motion to renew the […]
County gets mostly clean audit
January 28, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – At the outset of the Jan. 11 county council meeting, County Councilman Mikel Trapp moved to amend the agenda by postponing the presentation of the county’s annual audit report as well as a discussion regarding County Administrator Jason Taylor’s contract. Trapp said the two went hand-in-hand. He said he had not been able […]
Letter: The Good, Bad and Ugly
January 28, 2021 By
I have a couple of observations to share about Fairfield County Council’s Monday night meeting, and all of them beg the question: ‘What were our council members thinking to offer County Administrator only a 5-month contract? After all, Taylor is the architect of the current and outstanding improvements being made in the county. That great […]
Trapp calls for reducing county administrator’s employment to 5 months
January 26, 2021 By
Bell, Greene, Roseborough vote in favor to make it happen WINNSBORO – Following an executive session Monday night to discuss and receive legal advice regarding the county administrator’s contract, council voted 4 – 3 to renew County Administrator Jason Taylor’s contract, but for only five months. Councilman Mikel Trapp made the motion to renew the […]
Council tables audit report; admin’s contract discussion
January 14, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – In its first full meeting, Fairfield County’s newly seated council voted 4 – 3 to postpone until the next meeting both of the agenda’s substantive items (the annual audit presentation and the county administrator’s contract) and voted only to approve council’s 2021 calendar and a date and time – 10 a.m., Jan. 23 […]
Robinson, Roseborough, Greene seated on council;
January 14, 2021 By
Bell named chair; Greene, vice-chair WINNSBORO – An incumbent and two new county council members were sworn into office in council chambers at 5 p.m. on Monday. The uneventful swearing in ceremony was followed by the election of officers and the first drama of the 2021 council session. Fairfield Clerk of Court Judy Bonds swore […]
2020: A Banner Year in Fairfield
December 31, 2020 By
Davenport: We’ve Accomplished More in the Last 2 Years than in the Last 10 from a Jobs Standpoint. WINNSBORO – County Council Chairman Neil Robinson said in January of this year that while much was accomplished in 2019, he predicted that 2020 could be a breakout year for Fairfield County. And despite the ensuing pandemic […]
Council thanks Goins, Douglas
December 17, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – With a light agenda before them, Fairfield County council members took the opportunity to recognize and thank two outgoing council members – Councilwoman Bertha Goins (District 4) and Councilman Jimmy Ray Douglas (District 2) for their service to the county. Chairman Neil Robinson presented plaques of appreciation to Douglas and Vice-Chair Goins who […]
