Horry County Council will met tonight at 6 p.m. in Conway. Among the items on the agenda - council is expected to make a selection to fill the county’s open administrator position.

The Horry County council is interviewing three finalists for the open county administrator position.

Gilland went to the State Ethics Commission office Tuesday to fill out the necessary paperwork in order for her to be “in compliance” with the department.

The same officer who let Liz Gilland go with a warning, ticketed four people within 24 hours for speeding. Some who received tickets were traveling fewer MPH over the speed limit than Gilland.

A search company, the Mercer Group, completed the search for the county and narrowed it down to 12 hopefuls.

The South Carolina Ethics Commission lists politicians who owe thousands of dollars in campaign disclosure fines. However, there are not laws that force politicians to pay the fines they owe.

An attorney for the state ethics commission is contradicting statements from Horry County Council Chair Liz Gilland.
Gilland told News13 she learned through media reports about fines from the state ethics commission.

The Horry County Public Safety Committee will hold a public hearing for those properties that would like to be established as a Fireworks Prohibited Zone and extend that zone onto public property.

The budget includes, no tax increase, county employees will have their salaries reinstated and The COAST RTA will get $500.000 in funding. EMS fees are going to go up. County leaders said the kind of care you receive will determine how much you will pay.

Tuesday night’s budget workshop came up with more money for county employees and Coast RTA. While that group was pleased one other isn’t.

Horry County leaders said the two big winners after Wednesday’s budget workshop are the employees and The COAST RTA.  If the FY 2009/2010 budget is approved, COAST could get some much-needed funds and county employees could see some of their salary reinstated. 

Myrtle Beach Police arrested a Horry County councilman in a prostitution sting and charged him with loitering for prostitutes in October 2007.

Dozens of people crowded into council chambers Tuesday afternoon to hear council’s decision on the tax and hear what many people had to say about the May bike rallies.

Horry County Council Chairman Liz Gilland said without a doubt there were fewer bikers on the Grand Strand for the spring Harley-Davidson motorcycle rally, compared to last year.

While there are no tax hikes, the county plans to raise revenue by charging more for EMS fees.