SC budget has money for Marion County
Florence, Darlington and Marion counties are set to receive about $13.3 million in state dollars as part of a supplemental appropriations bill approved by lawmakers.
The South Carolina General Assembly on Aug. 25 passed the spending bill, which includes earmarked funding for facility upgrades, emergency response, public safety and town revitalization.
The three Pee Dee counties will receive $13,332,066 of the $350 million in local earmark spending approved in the bill. A total of 29 local projects will be funded with the state money.
The local projects receiving earmarks for the current fiscal year — which runs from July 1 through June 30 — are:
Florence County — $7,657,716
• $3,782,000 — City of Florence — Water and Sewer Infrastructure
• $1,220,000 — Florence County — Land Conservation
• $1,000,000 — City of Florence — Florence Fire Department Fire Engine
• $538,500 — City of Florence — Florence Police Capital Improvements
• $335,500 — Lake City — Acline Avenue Drainage
• $200,000 — Florence County — Tennis Court Refurbishment
• $170.000 — Pamplico — Improvements
• $128,000 — Pamplico — 10-Year Fleet Dashboard Camera For Patrol Fleet
• $100,000 — Florence County Sheriff's Office — Equipment
• $65,000 — Johnsonville — Police Vehicles
• $50,000 — Florence County Sheriff's Office — FCSO Drug Lab Equipment Update
• $31,716 — Timmonsville — Radio System Upgrades for Police Department
• $25,000 — Florence County — PDRTA Stranded Passenger Transport Program
• $12,000 — Pamplico — Safety Initiative
Darlington County — $2,675,800
• $500,000 — Darlington — Water, Sewer and Storm Water Operations Facility
• $500,000 — Lamar — Wastewater Treatment Plant Sewer System Infrastructure Upgrades
• $370,800 — Palmetto Rural Fire Department — Equipment
• $305,000 — Hartsville — Residential Housing Repair
• $250,000 — Hartsville — The Center Theater Renovation
• $250,000 — Hartsville — Hartsville Fire Department Radios
• $250,000 — Darlington — Public Swimming Pool
• $250,000 — Hartsville — Fire Department Radios
Marion County — $2,998,550
• $1,500,000 — Marion County — Community Center
• $462,000 — Marion County — Britton's Neck Community Park
• $349,000 — Nichols — Community Equipment
• $285,950 — Marion County — Health Department
• $275,000 — Mullins — Gapway Park Baseball Concession
• $80,000 — Marion — Children's Education Outreach Partnership
• $46,600 — Britton's Neck/Gresham Volunteer Fire Department — Equipment
