Folly Beach meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Folly Beach agendas list four contract items, parking signage ordinance; no votes recorded yet

Folly Beach City Council agendas for October 9 list four contract resolutions covering road design, a pedestrian path, stormwater work and a water main, plus a second reading of an ordinance on private parking lot signage. The records reviewed for this roundup are agendas only. No minutes or vote tallies from that meeting had been published as of October 19, so none of these items can be reported as decided.

City Council: four contract resolutions on the agenda

The October 9 agenda lists the following, with amounts as written:

• **Resolution 58-26:** Arctic Avenue 60 Percent Design contract for $632,780.
• **Resolution 60-26:** West Ashley Avenue pedestrian path construction for $457,532.35.
• **Resolution 54-26:** Amend the Gulf Stream Construction stormwater contract to $8,368,802.37.
• **Resolution 53-26:** Amend the Eadie's Construction East Hudson Watermain contract to $2,723,036.11.

Two of the four are amendments to existing contracts rather than new awards. The agenda does not state what the earlier contract amounts were, so the size of the change is not established by the record. The agenda also does not include funding sources, schedules or vote results.

Parking signage ordinance

Ordinance 013-26 would require private commercial parking operators to display their rates. The October 9 agenda lists it for a second reading. A second reading is a step in the adoption process; the agenda does not record whether the ordinance passed, was amended or was deferred.

Work session: short-term rental study bids

A separate City Council work session on October 9 was scheduled to review bids for RFP 03-26, a Short-Term Rental ordinance study. The agenda states that no votes would be taken during the session. No bid amounts or vendor names appear in the record provided.

Parks and Recreation Board: master plan item

The Parks and Recreation Board agenda lists one new business item, a Parks and Recreation Master Plan, along with approval of minutes from October 22, 2025, and a public comment period. No dollar amounts, contracts or specific proposals are included in the agenda text.

The record carries a date discrepancy worth noting: this item is filed in the roundup under October 8, but the agenda text says the board meets October 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM in Council Chambers at 21 Center Street, Folly Beach, SC 29439. Readers should check the posted agenda for the confirmed date.

What the record does and does not show

Everything above comes from published agendas. Agendas describe what a body intends to take up; they do not establish outcomes. For the October 9 council meeting and the Parks and Recreation Board meeting, the record provided contains no minutes, no motions and no tallies. Nothing here should be read as a decision, an approval or a payment.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings were listed in the data provided for the next 14 days. Residents who want to attend should check the city's posted meeting calendar and agendas directly; the absence of listings here is not evidence that no meetings are scheduled.

Meetings referenced in this roundup were listed at Council Chambers, 21 Center Street, Folly Beach, SC 29439.

Folly Beach agendas list road, drainage and watermain contracts; no votes recorded

Folly Beach boards have posted agendas for four meetings covering construction contracts, drainage and water line work, a parks master plan, filming requests and short-term rental rules. The records provided are agendas only; minutes have not been published, so no votes, contract awards or outcomes are established. Nothing described below has been decided on the record supplied.

City Council: road, drainage and watermain contracts

An agenda dated Oct. 9, 2026 lists four resolutions for Folly Beach City Council: Resolution 58-26, an Arctic Avenue 60 Percent Design contract for $632,780; Resolution 60-26, West Ashley Avenue pedestrian path construction for $457,532.35; Resolution 54-26, amending the Gulf Stream Construction stormwater contract to $8,368,802.37; and Resolution 53-26, amending the Eadie's Construction East Hudson Watermain contract to $2,723,036.11.

The same agenda lists a second reading of Ordinance 013-26, which would require private commercial parking operators to display rates, along with requests for event and filming approvals. The agenda does not state a meeting date, vote results, or whether the dollar figures are contract values, authorization ceilings or payments.

Short-term rental study bids

A City Council work session agenda dated Oct. 9, 2026 lists review of bids for RFP 03-26, a Short-Term Rental ordinance study. The agenda states that no votes will be taken during the session.

Parks and Recreation Master Plan

The Parks and Recreation Board is scheduled to meet Oct. 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM in Council Chambers at 21 Center Street. The agenda lists approval of minutes from Oct. 22, 2025, a public comment period, and one new business item: a Parks and Recreation Master Plan. No dollar amounts, contracts or specific proposals appear in the agenda text.

Filming requests

The Special Events Committee is scheduled to meet Oct. 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM at 21 Center St. The agenda lists approval of minutes and two new business items: Johnny-O Clothing high-impact filming and Peruvian Connection high-impact filming. Old business and other business are listed with no items specified. No dollar amounts, votes or outcomes are stated.

What the agendas cover

The listed items concern streets, drainage, water lines, pedestrian paths, parking signage, parks planning, filming activity and short-term rental rules. The agendas do not state costs to residents, timelines or expected effects, and this roundup adds none. Public comment is listed only on the Parks and Recreation Board agenda.

Coming up

The provided list of upcoming meetings for the next 14 days is empty, so no upcoming meetings can be listed from this data. One meeting described above — the Parks and Recreation Board on Oct. 14, 2026 — is scheduled after today's date of Oct. 13, 2026, but it appears in the recent-meetings list rather than the upcoming list. Readers should check the city's official postings for agendas and for any meetings not captured here.

Folly Beach boards weigh short-term rental moratorium, B&B conversion, marsh variance

In the past two weeks, Folly Beach's Board of Zoning Appeals and City Council held meetings to consider a short-term rental moratorium, a bed-and-breakfast conversion, and a marsh buffer variance. All three meetings were agenda-only; no votes were taken and minutes have not yet been published.

Short-term rental moratorium on council agenda

The City Council held two special meetings to consider Ordinance 27-26, which would impose a moratorium on new business licenses for short-term rentals until a study is completed. On August 17, the council's special committee discussed legal advice on the short-term rental ordinance and recent court rulings. The committee also reviewed Resolution 42-26, which authorizes the city attorney to file appeals in two lawsuits: *Park Lane Partners, LLC and Elizabeth Spratt Cooper v. City of Folly Beach* and *Thomas Jermyn v. City of Folly Beach*. The ordinance received a first reading that day.

On August 21, the council held a special meeting for the second reading of Ordinance 27-26. No other substantive items were listed on that agenda. The council has not yet voted on the ordinance or the resolution.

BZA to consider B&B conversion and marsh buffer variance

The Board of Zoning Appeals met on August 11 to review two requests:

• A special exception to convert an existing short-term rental into a bed and breakfast at 116 East Indian (TMS 328-10-00-053).
• A variance from marsh buffer requirements at 299 Shadow Race Lane (TMS 328-09-00-032) for a pool and entry stairs. The request covers approximately 111 square feet of pool with decking, 13 square feet of pool safety fence, and 38 square feet of entry landing and stairs.

The board also reviewed procedural and approval requirements, but no decisions were recorded.

Coming up

No meetings are scheduled for the next 14 days, according to the provided data. Residents should check the city's official calendar for any newly announced meetings.