In a landslide victory, Kevin Young gets 100 votes to become Wagener's new Mayor over incumbant Michael Miller, 40 votes, and Joyce Jeffcoat Derr, 26 votes.
Mildred Schofield gets a council seat with 127 votes and Patricia Middleton gets the other council seat with 92 votes. Incumbent Randy Kitchings steps down with 58 votes.
The Town of Wagener thanks Michael Miller and Randy Kitchings for many years of dedicated service.
Here at the Wagener FD we have displayed a memorial to remember those who have came before us and also as a sobering reminder that the job that we do can be dangerous. But also to remember that we have a duty to our citizens to protect and be there in their time of need. If any friends and family would like to donate momentos to the case we will be glad to add it as a keep sake for all that walk through our doors for years to come.
In 2014, Aiken County voters approved a 10-year 1% Sales Tax to help fund reconstruction of a handful of schools in greatest need of improvement, including North Augusta High, Leavelle McCampbell Middle, Aiken High, Ridge Spring-Monetta’s K-12 campus, and the forthcoming Aiken County Career and Technology Center, a project which broke ground this month.
The 1% tax approved by voters in 2014 is a 10-year tax and does not auto-renew. In November 2024, Aiken County’s Board of Education intends to provide voters an opportunity to consider a renewal of this tax, which would help fund a new set of school campus renovations and improvements.
District administration and the school board have discussed a number of possible projects to prioritize and include for voter consideration on November’s ballot. District leadership has just completed a series of Community Input Meetings where stakeholders were invited to attend and share what they believe are the most urgent school facility improvement needs in the district. We appreciated the opportunity to discuss school facility improvement needs at this latest series of meetings directly with stakeholders that attended. At the close of those meetings, attendees were invited to share further insight through a survey. The invitation to share input through this survey is now open to all parents, students, teachers, staff, and community members.
As the Aiken Co. School Board considers, deliberates, and ultimately determines which school facility needs to prioritize for possible funding through a renewal of the 1% sales tax, they hope that everyone will take a few minutes to provide input on what facilities needs they believe are most urgent to address and that they’d like to see presented to voters for their consideration on November 5.
When making a payment in person at the town hall, all Senior Citizens and persons who are handicapped may pull up front and blow their car horn. We will kindly come out and retrieve payment.
In regards to selling things in town, we welcome you to sell your items. However, BEFORE you set up for vendor/yard sales, you must submit payment to the Town Hall.
You will be FINED doubled for selling items without a receipt.
Anyone wishing to sell on the weekends must submit payment by 5:00 pm that Friday.
We also accept phone payments.