Month: July 2016

Earlier this year, Seabrook Mayor Ron Ciancio entered into discussions with SCDOT District 1 Engineering Administrator Robert Clark regarding transportation infrastructure deficiencies on Johns Island. As a result of those discussions, Mr. Clark committed to accomplish an operational audit of Main and Bohicket Roads regarding safety, vegetation, and drainage.

The audit has been accomplished, and the Town has transmitted SCDOT’s report to TIDELINES. Anyone interested in the learning more about the roads situation on the Island is encouraged to read this 10-page report.

Read the report here.
Read Mayor Ron Ciancio’s comments on the report here.

-Tidelines Editor

Highlights from the Seabrook Island Town Council Meeting on June 28, 2016:

Carl Simmons, Charleston County Building Services Director, presented a plaque to Mayor Ciancio to commemorate the Town’s graduation to the next level in the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System (CRS).  (Improvements in CRS ratings, which are tied to community performance in activities for Public Information, Mapping and Regulations, Flood Damage Reduction, and Warning and Response, lead to increasingly higher discounts on the price of Flood Insurance for a town’s citizens.)

The Town of Seabrook’s new Class 5 rating means that approximately $200,000/year, somewhat more than in the recent past, will be returned to residents in the form of discounts on their Flood Insurance policies.  (Take a look—Flood Insurance policies clearly display the amount of the CRS Discount in the “Premium Calculation” section.)

Next, Erik Glaser of Glaser+Company CPAs presented results of the Town’s 2015 Financial Audit.  He said the audit concluded that there were no control weaknesses or recommendations to be made, adding that this “unqualified” conclusion represents the highest level of assurance regarding the Town’s fiscal operations and its controls for “oversight, prevention, and detection” of potential problems.  Mayor Ciancio and the Council will review the report and, upon approving it, decide on an approach for making the information publicly available. Continue reading “Highlights from Town Council Meeting of June 28th”