The Spartanburg City Council met on November 10, 2025, to address routine approvals, public comments, a community health update, and several administrative items. The meeting opened with a moment of silence honoring veterans ahead of Veterans Day, followed by approval of previous meeting minutes and the agenda. Public comments covered recycling frequency, affordable student housing, veterans appreciation, neighborhood character and zoning, and a public health call to vote. The council approved calendar changes, a board appointment, a bid for airport hangar floor installation, and an update to the business license ordinance. City staff provided updates on Veterans Day events, the opening of the emergency cold shelter, and clarifications on park improvements and SNAP benefits.
Let us bring the uh wow slow the uh Spartanburg City Council meeting to order. We're gonna stand for a moment of silence, and as we stand for a moment of silence, just remember all of those that we recognize Veteran Day on tomorrow. I know we have um Councilwoman Little John's husband Horace, uh Mayor Pro Tim Parents, uh, as well as Councilwoman Sally, husband Roland were all served. So thank them for our service for their service to this community, any of you in our audience, thank you as well. Moment of silence. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands my nation, honor God, and peaceful with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Item three, we have approval of the amendments for the October twenty-seventh twenty twenty-five City Council meeting. Second. All in favor. Aye. Any that oppose, I have it. Item thirty item four, approval of the agenda for the November tenth, twenty twenty-five City Council meeting. Summoned. Second. All in favor? Aye. And then oppose. Thank you. Public comments. We have a round five or so. So the way this worked, um, when you come up, please give us your name and your address. And once you give us your address, speak on the topic you have written down, you have two minutes. So, um Adrian, come on up, buddy. Uh, my name is Adrian Wilmot. I'm from 411 Forest Avenue. I'm a resident of Sparnburg, South Carolina, and I'm addressing a city council this evening regarding the potential to change the current recycling schedule, which is set on a bi-weekly schedule, and hopefully we can get a change to a weekly schedule, which would be, of course, more efficient and would decrease frustration among residents who are currently enrolled in the program. As I said before, the current program unfortunately is inefficient and increases frustration among residents as residents within the first week of recycling have are usually filling their recycling bins up. And due to the current schedule stating that it is two to three weeks for collection due to the last week of the month being set on the Monday, residents have to wait, of course, three weeks to have their recycling collected. A current recycling schedule for a weekly basis would of course reduce frustration and would be more efficient, as instead of course waiting for two weeks to have their recycling collected, residents would then, of course, have to only worry about a weekly collection for recycling. This would, of course, um also negate the fact of um potentially discarding materials as waste for recycling collection. As some residents are, of course, due to it being waiting two to three weeks, or instead discarding some of their materials that could be recycled as risk. Additionally, some residents have also taken upon themselves to order an additional recycling bin at their expense. And due to, of course, not having a weekly scheduled pickup. A weekly scheduled pickup, of course, would be more efficient. It would help a lot of residents out as they do not have to worry about having their recycling collected on a bi-weekly basis. Thank you very much for listening to my proposal, and hopefully we can get a change to a weekly schedule. Thank you. Next up is meeting in the Michael Moon. Hello, everyone is the Maya Woods. Lamaya, pull that mic over a little bit. There you go. Thank you. Okay, my name is Lamaya Woods. My address is 470 Hodge Drive. I'm a student at USC Upstate. As a student at UFC Upstate, I've dealt with the struggle of finding affordable housing near campus. While I have a complex like Valley and Alden, the reality is that the options are too expensive for the average college student. On campus housing is limited to only two dorms and one apartment style dorm, and they feel very quickly, leaving many students without realistic choices.