Greenville council approves parade closures, vendor permit, appointments and concludes executive session

Greenville City Council on Sept. 3 approved a series of routine municipal actions and conducted an executive session to discuss the city manager's annual evaluation.

As part of the consent agenda, the council approved minutes and financial reports, including payroll of $195,050.18 and accounts payable of $1,904,718.77, and appointed Jeff Scoby to the Economic Development Corporation for a term ending Dec. 31, 2030. The consent agenda was moved by Councilperson Cunliffe, seconded by Councilperson Moss and adopted unanimously.

The council approved Greenville High School's request to close Yellow Jacket Drive, Hillcrest Street and Blackburn Street for a Homecoming Parade on Oct. 4, 2024; the motion included placing barricades on several intersecting streets. Separately, the council granted the Rotary Club of Greenville a food-truck permit for the Tivoli Market on Sept. 21, 2024, with conditions that the truck not impede traffic, comply with health regulations, pay the vendor license fee, and operate between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Councilperson Moss moved, and Councilperson Johnson seconded, a motion to enter executive session at the City Manager's request to discuss the results of the annual City Manager evaluation; the council entered executive session at 8:10 p.m. and returned at 9:30 p.m. After the session, Councilperson Lehman moved to approve the City Manager's evaluation summary, Councilperson Johnson seconded, and the approval was unanimous. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

During public comment earlier in the meeting residents raised concerns such as lighting at the skate park and downtown conditions; several speakers asked for clearer regulation of shipping containers before the council adopted the zoning changes later in the meeting.