Florence County Council has selected a consortium from New York and Columbia to design the new Florence Museum of Art, Science and History.

Members of Florence-area neighborhood groups say an ordinance before Florence County Council will be a positive step toward handling unsafe structures in unincorporated areas that brush up against the Florence city limits.

Florence County Council members said they’ve heard from residents who are unhappy about a recent property tax increase, but want the public to know they didn’t raise their millage.

Florence County Council has given its final approval to incentive and lease agreements for an advanced-materials company looking to create about 120 jobs in Lake City.

Florence County Council will meet Thursday to vote on second reading of ordinances regarding an economic development project and hold a public hearing on the updated land-use element of the county’s comprehensive plan.

Florence County Council is scheduled Thursday to hold final reading of an ordinance that council members have said would give businesses more leeway regarding what can go in front of their facilities.

Florence County Council has voted to seek quotes for a road extension and stormwater improvements as an industry in the area seeks to build a new, larger facility.

Florence County Council will hold a public hearing Thursday on the sale of the former Florence County Library building, which a local corporation of citizens hopes to buy after a third and final vote by council this week.

Florence County Council has approved final reading of its budget, which includes a 1-percent across-the-board cut, and debated whether the county can find fill dirt for cheaper than $208,700 for Johnsonville’s future library site.

A Florence County Council committee will recommend a 1-percent across-the-board cut but no property-tax increases in the county’s fiscal year 2009-10 budget, council Chairman K.G. “Rusty” Smith said.

Florence County Council on Thursday morning will hold a public hearing and second reading for its proposed $49.6 million budget, which includes a lower solid waste fee compensated by a property tax adjustment.

A family is taking its efforts to rezone their property and keep their pigs, goats and chickens to Florence County Council after the county’s planning commission last month recommended denial of the rezoning request.

Florence County Council heard Thursday morning from a Scranton resident calling for a ban of pit bull-type dogs and a group of Florence students opposing breed-specific legislation.

Florence County Council on Thursday will consider the approval of two new sheriff’s deputies to serve as library resource officers as well as a grant application to fund five additional patrol deputies.

Florence County Council has voted to accept nearly $8 million in grants and spend nearly $4 million in county funds to build a new Florence Museum of Art, Science and History.