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By Lolita Huckaby The Island News By an 8-3 vote, Beaufort County Council on Monday night rejected a court mediator’s settlement proposal to resolve the Pine Island development argument, clearing the matter to continue in court. The Council met behind closed doors for two-and-a-half hours to discuss the mediator’s proposal which came after a meeting last week between both parties – those who want to challenge the area’s zoning and develop the 500-acre parcel on St. Helena Island and those who want to see the county’s Cultural Preservation Ordinance (CPO) upheld.
Pine Island Land Holdings, LLC filed an appeal last August when the County Council, following the recommendation of the county Planning Committee, voted to deny the development company’s plans for three six-hole golf courses on the island. A civil legal action was also filed by the limited liability corporation challenging the legality of the county’s CPO and seeking damages. As a follow to the court proceedings, Monday’s special meeting of the council was held to give all 11 members of Council an opportunity to receive legal advice on what was said during the mediation at which three council members
were in attendance. It was two of those council members in attendance for the closed mediation, Logan Cunningham and Paula Brown, who voted against the successful motion Monday night to not accept the mediator’s proposal. A third council member, Tom Reitz, also voted against rejecting the mediation. “We all ran on responsible growth and this doesn’t leave any option for us. It’s either one or none. This puts us in a tough spot and opens up St. Helena to development which is totally opposite from what the CPO is designed to
Monday’s Beaufort County Council meeting was packed with spectators, including both those in support of maintaining the Cultural Protection Overlay, as well as those in support of a golf course development on Pine SEE COUNCIL PAGE A7 Island. Lolita Huckaby/The Island News
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PORT ROYAL ix hundred-plus blue T-shirted walkers strolled the street of the town’s historic district Saturday, carrying buckets to demonstrate they were “walking for water.” As part of an annual fundraising effort for the Water Mission International program, the 600-plus walkers raised more than $72,000, which will be used to construct and install water treatment facilities in communities around the globe for residents who struggle to provide clean water for their families. The non-profit Water Mission International, formed in 2002 by a Charleston couple who initially saw the need in Honduras, was adopted by several churches in the Beaufort area and the “walk
Jeffrey Meyers, recently retired Deputy Chief of the Fort Myers, Fla., Police Department, one of three finalists chosen from a pool of 35 candidates for the Town of Port Royal Chief of Police position, spoke to the Town Council and community during the Port Royal Meet and Greet at the Town Council Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. He shared details about himself and emphasized the one word that describes him: “transparent.” Apparently, town officials liked his description as he has been chosen the next Town of Port Royal Chief of Police. Amber Hewitt/The Island News
Port Royal hires new police chief
By Delayna Earley The Island News Port Royal has a new police chief. Jeffery Meyers, who recently retired as Deputy Chief of Fort Myers Police Department in Florida, has been hired for the job left vacant when former chief Alan
Beach retired earlier this month. Meyers worked for the Fort Myers Police Department from 2018 to 2023. Before that, he spent 24 years working with the South Euclid, Ohio, Police Department. He graduated from the FBI National Academy and Northwest-
ern University School of Police Staff and Command and holds a degree in Criminal Law from Bowling Green State University. Town Manager Van Willis said that what Meyers offered was “exactly what we were looking for.”
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