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The City Council of Spartanburg, South Carolina, held its regular meeting on October 26, 2026. The meeting began with a moment of silence for former council member and state representative Sterling Anderson. The Council approved the minutes of the October 12, 2026 meeting and the agenda for the current meeting. Key actions included a proclamation for Red Ribbon Week, approval of an honorary street name for Kitty Black Perkins, a settlement agreement regarding the Robert Smalls Apartments and Norris Ridge site, a property exchange for Morgan Square, a bid award for stream stabilization, and first reading of a bond ordinance for downtown revitalization.
Let us bring the city council city of Spartanburg City Council meeting to order. We're gonna stand for a moment of silence, and we're gonna be led by the pledge of allegiance by young Marine Private Casey. He'll come up after our moment of silence. And of course, during this moment of silent, if you haven't heard the passing of Sterling Anderson, senior um former city council member, former state representative, um, and uh just an overall good guy. He did pass earlier last week. So let's keep his uh family in prayer, and to two council persons, Brown and Smith are on their way back from the visitation. So they'll be here shortly. Moment of silence. Gable. Gable. Thank you, sir. Thank you for being here. Approval of the minutes for the October twelfth twenty twenty-six city council meeting. So second. All in favor? Aye. Any that opposed, I have it. Approval of the agenda for the October 26th 2026 City Council meeting. So in favor? Aye. Aye. Any that opposed? There's too many sixes for me. Public comment. We have a couple of public comments this uh evening. Please adjust your devices. I need to make sure I turn mine on. And the way it works, when we call you up, you please restate your name, please. And uh, you don't have to give us your address, and at that point, you will have two minutes to state your concern. Cassandra Purvis. Thank you. We have a proclamation. I don't actually have the form in front of me. Right now, but it is representing Red Ribbon Week, celebrate life, live drug-free. And it reads, whereas citizens of Spartanburg has the right to live in a drug-free family and neighborhood. Learn in drug learn in drug-free schools, work under drug-free conditions, and drive on drug-free roads. Whereas National Red Ribbon Week is celebrated each year during the last week of October to create awareness concerning alcohol and other drug problems facing every community. And whereas the celebration of the national Red Ribbon Week in each community will gather citizens together to build a coalition to implement drug prevention strategies and support healthy drug-free lifestyles for one and all. And whereas the upstate young marines program is observing Red Ribbon Week for this year during the week of October the 23rd through the 23rd through the 31st 2026, with the theme celebrating life, be drug free. And whereas the city council of the city of Spartanburg joined the upstate Young Marines and encourage all citizens to support this observation of observance to promote a drug-free environment. Now therefore, I Jerome Rice, by the authority vested in me as the mayor of the city of Spartanburg, and on behalf of my fellow city council members, do hereby proclaim October 23rd through the 31st, 2026 as Red Ribbon Week celebrating life, live drug-free. So this is an honor that the young Marines wanted us to celebrate, and with a young person like Ethan here today, we celebrate with him and the rest of our young people in our community to be drug-free. Thank you. All in favor. Any that opposed? Ayes have