Mini grants of $2,000 approved for Gifford and Hampton County Watermelon Festival

A committee approved two $2,000 mini grants — one for the town of Gifford and one for the Hampton County Watermelon Festival — and then adjourned, according to the meeting transcript.

A committee member moved that the group "approve the mini grant for the town of Gifford in the amount of $2,000 and the Hampton County Watermelon Festival in the amount of $2,000." Another committee member seconded the motion, and a meeting officer announced the motion had been properly seconded.

The chair called for discussion and, receiving none, asked members to indicate approval by raising their right hands. No opposition or abstentions were recorded in the transcript and the meeting proceeded, indicating the motion passed.

Earlier in the sequence a committee member also moved that the meeting come out of executive session; that motion was stated in the transcript but no separate vote for that motion is recorded.

Following the grants motion, a motion to adjourn was made and seconded; the chair called for a show of hands, saw no opposition or abstentions recorded in the transcript and declared the meeting adjourned. The transcript closes with brief closing remarks.