Commissioners approve police-service agreements with four school districts despite question about termination terms

The Richland County Board of Commissioners approved police-service contracts for Blue Fort, Blue Ridge, Crestview and Madison school districts.

A commissioner said the contracts appeared to lack a stated term or termination clause and asked whether the county had information on how a party would terminate the agreement. "The contracts don't call for a term date, or even a termination, how a party would terminate it," the commissioner said. Another board member replied that the agreements had been approved by the prosecutor and was not willing to hold the items up. The board then moved to approve the contracts and recorded voice votes in favor.

The transcript does not show further negotiation of termination language during the public meeting; the board relied on the prosecutor's review in deciding to approve the contracts. The county should confirm the final contract documents filed with the clerk for explicit term and termination wording.