Sandy Run Fire seeks to borrow for upgrades
Times & Democrat (Orangeburg, SC)
Mar. 9 ST. MATTHEWS
Sandy Run s fire chief says the department wants to borrow money to improve service and promote industry in the upper part of
Calhoun County.
$700,000 for four years, Chief
Gary Hardee told
Calhoun County Council on Monday. The biggest thing we have in there is we paid off our newly purchased engine for
$317,000. We go ahead a pay that off and that will save us
$40,000 for nine years, he said.
It s also looking to expand its building and purchase equipment, he said. Our full effort of this is to try and get a full-time person hired at Sandy Run to not only support the industrial park but the citizens up there. One full-time person, Monday through Friday,
Calhoun County: Employee safety leads to insurance savings
Times & Democrat (Orangeburg, SC)
Feb. 15 Calhoun County was recently recognized by the
S.C. Association of Counties for having a safe environment for employees, which led to insurance savings.
The county had the third-lowest experience modifier for three consecutive years, with county employees work in risk management saving taxpayers nearly
$100,000 in insurance costs.
County Administrator
S.C. Counties Workers Compensation Trust.
The experience modifier was based on workers compensation claims during policy years spanning from 2016 to 2018.
Calhoun County had the third-lowest experience modifier in the trust out of the 41 counties that s involved. Because we had so few claims in those years, this really rings the bottom line when you see what it equates to. It will save the taxpayers almost
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