Town of Edisto Beach Approves New Operating Budget

In January 2021, The Edisto Beach Town Council held a planning retreat to set the goals and guidelines for Town Services. Town Administrator Iris Hill applied her 12 years of experience preparing the budget, while working with new Assistant Town Administrator Mark Aakhus. The budget for the fiscal year of 2021-2022 was passed unanimously in June 2021 for the total of $8,812,292-dollars. 

Town Hall is having growing pains, and plans 
for a new facility are being considered

The vision statement for the town goals include census tracking, Ditch Maintenance, Infrastructure, Beach Renourishment and Public Works Personnel. “The census tracking goal is a newly identified area that we are going to be keeping a closer eye on in the future,” said Hill. “This pertains to how people vote, and specifically if they are registered to vote in the Town of Edisto Beach. The trend revealed in the last census is that more voters are listing their Edisto property as a secondary address, and as those numbers decrease, then so does the Town’s ability to receive certain government funds.”

“The Town continues to seek local match funds to partner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to protect properties from storm surges by nourishing the beach,” said Hill. “Also, the Town has contracted to have 5000 sea oat plants installed on the new dunes located between Beach Access 1 and 4, and at Beach Access 28. Each planting will be cordoned off and have signage installed. Sea oats provide stabilization and capture wind driven sand that can sustain the dunes. Another spot renourishment program through FEMA will add and additional 10,000 more sea oats.”

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