Horry County Administration Committee Meeting – April 29, 2025
Horry County Administration Committee Meeting – April 29, 2025
The Horry County Administration Committee met on April 29, 2025, at 1:00 PM in the County Council Conference Room. Chairman Tyler Servant presided. The committee reviewed the March 2025 financial update, approved the FY2025 third-quarter contingency report, and took action on multiple fiscal and policy items, including the HOME Consortium Annual Action Plan, grants match funding, an ordinance amendment, community benefit allocations, a proclamation, accommodations tax funding, and a multi-county business park agreement. All votes were unanimous.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the meeting agenda.
- Approved the minutes from the March 25, 2025 meeting.
Discussion Items
- Financial Update – March 2025: Finance Director Jamie Norman reported total revenues across all funds of $351.9 million (69% from the general fund) and expenditures of $241 million (73% in the general fund). General fund revenues were $244 million (89.6% of budget) and expenditures were $176 million (66.9% of budget). Transfers totaled $14.4 million. Revenues increased 12.1% and expenditures increased 9.7% compared to the prior year. Special revenue fund net changes included: Fire $15.0 million, Road Maintenance $3.7 million, Beach Renourishment $854,000, Stormwater $7.0 million, Recreation $408,000, and Waste Management Recycling $8.8 million.
- Administrator’s Contingency – 3rd Quarter FY2025: The contingency account remained unchanged at $150,000.
- HOME Consortium 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan: Community Development Director Beth Tranter presented the plan, which outlines anticipated HUD allocations: CDBG approximately $1,912,865, ESG $171,970, and HOME $959,294.97. She noted that final allocations are not yet known and that the resolution would be held and trued up before final Council approval. The committee approved the resolution unanimously.
- Grants Match Funding – Racepath Phase II: A resolution to transfer $388,836.91 from the grants match fund to the Racepath Phase II Infrastructure Improvements project was approved. Tranter explained that bids exceeded estimates; the additional funds would allow the project to move to construction.
- Capital Planning Fund Ordinance: The committee approved an ordinance amending Chapter 2, Section 2-70.6 of the County Code to create and clarify the capital planning fund, funded by excess debt service millage and usable for debt service or unexpected debt service costs.
- Community Benefit Fund Requests: Approved $11,000 for Socastee Heritage Foundation (from districts 3, 4, 6, 8, and Chairman) and $5,000 for YMCA of Coastal Carolina (from District 3) for its Water Safety for All fund.
- Apraxia Awareness Day Proclamation: Approved a resolution proclaiming May 14, 2025 as Apraxia Awareness Day in Horry County. Beth Ann Swicky, a parent of a child with apraxia, spoke in support, noting the need for community awareness.
- Accommodations Tax Funding (FY2026): Approved the Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee’s recommendations for FY2026 funding, maintaining agency funding at the same levels as FY2025.
- Carry Forward of Accommodations Tax Revenues for Beach Renourishment: Approved a resolution to carry forward unexpended state accommodations tax revenues for waterfront erosion control and beach renourishment.
- Multi-County Business Park Agreement: Approved an ordinance authorizing an agreement with Georgetown County for the development of a joint industrial and business park (Georgetown County Port Complex). David Jordan noted Horry County is the minority county and will receive 1% of revenues.
Key Outcomes
- Unanimously approved the agenda and minutes.
- Unanimously approved the HOME Consortium 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan resolution.
- Unanimously approved the grants match funding resolution for Racepath Phase II ($388,836.91).
- Unanimously approved the ordinance amending Section 2-70.6 regarding the capital planning fund.
- Unanimously approved the two community benefit fund requests.
- Unanimously approved the Apraxia Awareness Day proclamation.
- Unanimously approved the accommodations tax funding recommendations.
- Unanimously approved the beach renourishment carry-forward resolution.
- Unanimously approved the multi-county business park ordinance.
The meeting then moved into executive session to discuss investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct.
Meeting Transcript
We'll go ahead and call to order the administrative meeting for Tuesday, April 29th, 2025. Again, everybody please stand. We'll do a quick invitation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Let's pray. Thank you, Dear Lord, for another opportunity for us to come together to do the business of the county. We ask for your guidance and ask that you watch over us as we go about these administrative meetings. And we ask that we all pause and take a look at all the blessings that you've already bestowed upon us. We ask for continued guidance in your name, we pray. Amen. Let's allusions to the flag United States of America and for which it stands. Thank you. Please be seated. All right. Do we have any public input? No public input. All right. Agenda contents. Motion. So all in favor? These minutes for the March 25th meeting. So all in favor? All right. Good afternoon. So today we are looking at financials for the month ending March 31st. So looking at revenues across all funds, we're at 351.9 million dollars with 69% of that coming from the general fund. Looking at expenditures across all funds, we are at just over 241 million dollars with 73% of expenditures in the general fund. Looking at the general fund summary, we do an annualized budget, so we expect to be around the 75% mark at this point in the fiscal year. For revenues, we are at 244 million, which is almost 90% of the budget amount for the year. This is mainly from property tax collections. Our expenditures are at 176 million, which is 67% of the budget amount. This is slightly under where we expect to be at this point in the year. We have transfers of 14.4 million dollars. General fund total actual revenues are 12.1% higher than prior year, and general fund total actual expenditures are 9.7% higher than prior year. Does that mean that our revenue projections are going to exceed what we thought they would be? Possibly, yes. Okay. So looking at the general fund revenues a little more closely for the month end of March. Almost all of our revenue categories are performing as expected for this point in the year. Looking at expenditures in the adjournal fund. All categories are performing favorably and tracking below the expected 75% for this point in the fiscal year. Looking at special revenues, fire fund is performing as expected with a net change in fund balance of $15 million. Road maintenance fund, net change in fund balance of $3.7 million. Both revenues and expenses are performing as expected. So far, and a net change in fund balance of $854,000. Stormwater Fund has a net change in fund balance of $7 million with 100% of budget revenue collected at this point. Recreation fund with 80 per 83% of the budget revenue collected. They have a net change in fund balance of 408,000. And finally, waste management recycling fund has a net change in fund balance of 8.8 million dollars with almost 94% of budget revenue plan. That is all I think I'm next. I think you're next too.
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