Solid Waste accepts Palmetto Pride litter grant to buy trail cameras for dumping investigations

The Department of Solid Waste Management requested and received council approval to accept a Palmetto Pride litter-enforcement grant totaling $4,936.

Lee McIntyre described the award and said funds would buy portable trail cameras and flashlights for illegal-dumping investigations and dedicate $1,700 to staff professional development to attend the South Carolina Litter Summit. McIntyre said no matching funds are required.

Council members asked where the cameras would be placed and whether easements would be required if the cameras sat on private property. McIntyre clarified the cameras are intended for secluded county right-of-way hot spots where repeated, illegal dumping occurs and said enforcement and cleanup typically involve coordination with the sheriff's department after complaints from private-property owners.

The committee moved and approved acceptance of the grant by voice vote.