What would you do if you were going to receive nearly $80 million over seven years? That s the question the Aiken City Council faced Monday evening as it began to discuss what city projects would be funded by Aiken County s fifth Capital Project Sales Tax.
As the city of Aiken moves toward an agreement with the Aiken Corporation to build a mixed-use building downtown, the discussions of an agreement could take place in public. The council voted 6-1 to reject entering executive session to discuss the agreement between a 5 p.m. worksession and its 7 p.m. meeting Monday evening.
The only contested Aiken City Council race in the Nov. 3 general election is beginning to heat up. Aiken City Councilwoman Gail Diggs, a Democrat representing District 1, and challenger