The Piedmont Public Service District of Anderson and Greenville Counties March Meeting was held Tuesday at the Piedmont Fire Department. All Commissioners and Administrator’s were in attendance.,
The Minutes of the February 17th meeting were approved and noted to be filed.
Committee reports were given consisting of:
Commissioner Terry Rhodes, District Public Lights, no report of damages or street light outages.
Commissioner Rudy Rhodes , Building and Grounds, no new information to report.
Commissioner Beth Dickson, reported the income from Community Building was $600 for February. Commissioner Dickson is researching other area venues to formulate a plan to review rental charges for the Community Building and the Ball Field.
Chairman Al McAbee gave the March fuel usage and incidents reports, noting for January and February there had been a total of 200 incident responses.
Commissioner C. E. Poore, Jr., presented a budget review indicating the District was operating within the approved budget and guidelines.
Administrator/Chief Tracy Wallace stated the first of four training sessions at the Anderson County Training Facility were being completed this week for all shifts. This training included Roof Ventilation, Forceable Entry, Interior Fire Burns, and Fire Attack Simulators of Basements Entry through an active Fire. In addition all firefighters have met the two hour daily training requirements with Motor Vehicle Fire and Entrapment Rescues.
Deputy Administrator/Assistant Chief Craig Lawless indicated the roof repairs approved in February for the Community Building should begin within the month.
A short program on County Owned Historic Properties was presented by Carlton N. Owen, Chairman of the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust. (gchnrt.org).
The agenda called for an Executive Session after which the March Meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7 PM, April 21 and is to include the First Reading of the Proposed 2026 Budget.
