The Horry County Council met on June 17, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The meeting included public input, approval of a consent agenda, several resolutions and ordinance readings, and the election of two members to the Solid Waste Authority Board. All votes were unanimous unless noted.
And please keep all of our first responders and people that public safety keep them all out of harm's way. And we ask all this from your holding night. I pledge the states. Thank you. Please be seated. Next up is public input. We had one person sign up, Miss Cora Diegaz. We're going to speak about oyster restoration. If you can come up to the podium and tell us your name for the record, we have this clock system here if you feel like you want to use it. We have a five minutes time limit by rule. The green light is go go go. The yellow light is one minute left, and the red light is stop. Okay. Thank you. Good evening. Good evening, everyone. My name is Corey Diegues, and I'm here as an intern with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, specifically working with their oyster recycling and enhancement program, otherwise known as SCORE. SCORE focuses on collecting and recycling oyster shells from restaurants and the community. These recycled shells are later used to build oyster reefs along our coast. Just three bushels of shells can create 10 square feet of reef. These reefs play a vital role in supporting marine life, stabilizing shorelines, filtering water, and protecting coastal communities from storm impacts. Oysters are not only essential to the health of our ecosystems, but they're also a key part of the local economy. And yes, they're delicious too. We are currently looking to expand the score program throughout Hory County and would love to build partnerships with the county, local businesses, event organizers, and the community. At the moment, we have five public oyster shell drop-off bins across Hori and Georgetown counties. But we are always looking for additional partners to help raise awareness about these locations. We are also in the early stages of developing recycling routes and teams to collect shells from local restaurants. With the council support, we hope to increase public awareness and ensure that more oyster shells are recycled and returned to our coast rather than ending up in landfills. If you're interested in learning more about the SCORE program, please come talk to me at the end of the meeting today or attend an information session. We're hosting two presentations that are open to the community. The first presentation will be on June 23rd from 4 to 6.30 p.m. at the Hori County Memorial Library in North Myrtle Beach. The second presentation will be on July 14th from 4 to 6.30 p.m. at the Hori County Memorial Library and Surfside. Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope you'll join us in our recycling efforts. Thank you so much. Thank you for coming up. All right. That's all that we had signed up. So we will close public input at this time and move forward to the agenda contents. I have a few additions. First of all, paragraph six, ordinance sixty-2025. We will take off of consent. And paragraphs 31 and 32, Ordinance 64, 2025, and 65, 2025 are going to be referred to planning and zoning. And if there is no objection, we will do that by acclamation. Hearing no objection, that's what we'll do. Moving forward to the approval of the amendment for the regular meeting from June 3rd, 2025. So move. All in favor, aye.