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TRUCKS 1B 2A OPINION 4A OBITUARIES 7A SPORTS 2B PUZZLES 5B BOOKINGS 7B CLASSIFIEDS QUOTE ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.’ EDMUND BURKE Vol. 144, No. 23 NewTWO SECTIONS • 16 PAGES s&PressESTABLISHED 1874 JUNE 6, 2018 75¢ Darlington, S.C. WWW.NEWSANDPRESS.NET Hartsville advances $20 million budget By Samantha Lyles Infrastructure Fund budget of includes no tax increases. The chases up to $9,999 without proposals and quotes. town customers (monthly Staff Writer $520,500, a Solid Waste Fund new budget will be up for final using competitive bidding. Council passed first read- minimum of $17.97 plus $3.54 [email protected] budget of $1,344,800, a reading at Hartsville City Purchases ranging from ing of Ordinance 4337, per 1,000 gallons of usage) Hartsville City Council held Hospitality Fee Fund budget Council's June 12 regular $10,000 to $24,499 would increasing the water rates for and out of town customers a short called meeting on May of $995,100, an meeting and will go into effect require written quotations in-town customers to a mini- (monthly minimum of $32.89 29 and passed first reading of Accommodations Tax Fund on July 1, 2018. and competitive pricing. For mum monthly bill of $19.57 plus $6.48 per 1,000 gallons the 2018/19 fiscal year budg- budget of $185,000, a Debt Also on the agenda, purchases ranging from for the first 2,244 gallons and of usage). ets, totaling nearly $20 mil- Service Fund budget of Council passed first reading of $25,000 to $99,999, requests $3.48 for every 1,000 addi- Ordinance 4338 passed lion. $165,000, a Storm Water Ordinance 4335, which would for proposals and solicitations tional gallons. Out of town first reading, and would These budgets include a Fund budget of $106,327, and implement a new and more for competitive bids will be customers will see minimum approve continuing the rate General Fund of $10,029,796, a Recreations Concessions flexible purchasing policy. issued. In the case of a monthly bills of $35.82 and structure for commercial solid a Water, Sewer, and Fund budget of $105,000. Under these policies, depart- $100,000 or greater purchase, $6.37 for every additional waste fees. Waterpark Enterprise Fund Mayor Mel Pennington ment heads would have dis- sealed bidding will take place, 1,000 gallons. Sewer rates budget of $6,443,857, an noted that this new budget cretion to make small pur- along with formal requests for will also be increased for in- HARTSVILLE ON 8A Coker College holds vigil for student who drowned Students, faculty, and members of the Hartsville community gathered last week to mourn 20 year-old Coker College student Moustapha Cisse of Orangeburg, who drowned May 24 at Prestwood Lake. Coker College president Robert L. Wyatt spoke in memoriam and encouraged guests to write messages of com- fort and condolence on provided cards, which were collected and mailed to Cisse’s mother. Darlington files formal Darlington County Education Foundation awards complaint against FEMA nearly $10,000 in grants to teachers Last week, the Darlington over reimbursements County Education By Melissa Rollins tion given to them and request- Foundation (DCEF) awarded Editor ed it again. nearly $10,000 in grants that [email protected] “We are a small minority will benefit more than a town and need every dollar to dozen teachers and 2,600 stu- Despite several attempts to balance our budget,” Garland dents across the Darlington get reimbursements from the wrote. County School District. Federal Emergency Another item on the work- Andrea Pulling, director of Management Agency (FEMA), session budget was the need the DCEF, and DCEF board the City of Darlington has only for resurfacing streets in the members surprised those collected $16,000. City city. Garland gave council teachers in their classrooms, Manager Howard Garland members a list from 2017 of marking another exciting talked with city council mem- streets that need to be resur- year of grant presentations. bers during a council budget faced and their priority. He This year, the DCEF awarded work session May 31 about the said that a new list would be 12 grants totaling $9,988.55. delays they’ve been experienc- made soon, some of the streets After an application period ing. on the current list have been earlier this year, the DCEF “Congressman Rice had a fixed, and that he wanted awarded grants to teachers at representative here, Philip council to help identify areas eight different schools to fund Gaillard, and we filed an offi- of need. a variety of projects including cial complaint with his office “I urge you that if you see the purchase of alternative about FEMA,” Garland said. something and it is not on seating options, software “They said that they will run it here, text or leave a message designed for engineers and up the flagpole and see if we on the phone because we are scientists, a mobile language can get a response. Basically it going to update this in the next technology lab, materials for says that we have been waiting eight weeks,” Garland said. “I students to gain skills in cod- and waiting and waiting for want ya’ll to have a baseline to ing, non-fiction materials and the money to come back from Bethany Perry at North Hartsville Elementary School received a $500 grant for “Printmaking without guidance materials. Hurricane Matthew reim- work from so this list is just for the Press” Photo by Melissa Rollins “The highlight of being the bursements and they haven’t general information.” executive director of the given it to us. It is $440,000.” Council also talked about of the DCEF, said the founda- held on April 14 in Hartsville. focused and on task. Darlington County Education Garland wrote in his official raising millage for the city, tion is honored to support The event was a reunion for • Bert Cook at Mayo High Foundation is the experience complaint that FEMA has though no decision was made. teachers and their class- the town and provided a plat- School for Math, Science and requested the same informa- Garland will be bringing more of awarding grants to teach- rooms. form to highlight the work of Technology – $500 for “MAT- tion from the City of information to council at a ers that work hard every day “We were very pleased to the DCEF. LAB Matters” will purchase Darlington five times. Each future meeting. for our children,” Pulling be able to provide financial The grants awarded by the software that provides a plat- time, the agency had a small According to a letter from said. “The excitement the support for projects that help DCEF for 2018 are: form for engineers and scien- complaint about the informa- the South Carolina Revenue teachers and principals motivate teachers and enrich • Frank O’Shea at tists. Students at Mayo High and Fiscal Affairs Office to express when they learn they the educational experience of Darlington High School – School for Math, Science and Darlington Clerk/Treasurer have been awarded a grant our students,” Cheatham $209.69 for “Seats for Technology will complete var- Gloria Pridgen the most coun- demonstrates their passion said. Success” will provide alterna- ious labs throughout the cil can choose to raise the mill- for the students in the The DCEF received fund- tive seating options for stu- school year. age is 2.13 percent. Darlington County School ing for the grants from spon- dents at Darlington High District.” sors for the “Go Big School. The seating options GRANTS ON 3A DARLINGTON ON 8A Jerry Cheatham, president Hartsville” event, which was will help keep students Word of the Week Petard 1: a case containing an explosive to break The Pee Dee’s Oldest down a door or gate or breach a wall Independently 2: a firework that explodes with a loud report Owned Newspaper Merriam-Webster.com JUNE 6, 2018 | PAGE 2A THE NEWS AND PRESS, DARLINGTON, S.C. opinWWW.NEWSANDPRESS.NETion OP-ED OP-ED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR My hometown visit Thank you for had to explain it to them they asked what had happened, don't know. It was my under- contributing to wouldn't understand it any- the silence was deafening. standing that it may have food drive way. 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