Members of the SC Utility Billing Association(opens in a new tab) recently elected their 2020 – 2021 board of directors(opens in a new tab). They are President Keith Wood, Laurens Commission of Public Works; Vice President Leigh Starnes, City of Lancaster; Secretary/Treasurer Tonya Huell, City of Lake City; Members at Large Brandon Brown, City of Hartsville; Darlene Brown, City of West Columbia; Michelle McLemore, Mount Pleasant Waterworks; and Past President Amy H. Ashley, Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works.
The cities of Abbeville(opens in a new tab), Barnwell(opens in a new tab), Liberty(opens in a new tab), Rock Hill(opens in a new tab), Walterboro(opens in a new tab), Wellford(opens in a new tab), West Columbia(opens in a new tab), York(opens in a new tab); and towns of Batesburg-Leesville(opens in a new tab), Jackson(opens in a new tab), Kingstree(opens in a new tab), Ridgeland(opens in a new tab), Ware Shoals were recently awarded a litter prevention grant from PalmettoPride(opens in a new tab). The Litter Prevention Grant is a competitive grant that provides organizations up to $10,000 to develop successful anti-litter programs and enforcement activities at the local level.
Safewise.com(opens in a new tab) named the City of Isle of Palms(opens in a new tab) as No. 1 in its "South Carolina's 20 Safest Cities of 2020(opens in a new tab)" report. Safewise uses FBI crime statistics and U.S. Census population data to rank the safest cities in each state.