Community Services Committee

Mission Statement

To facilitate and evaluate the delivery of community services by initiating policies and funding proposals utilizing various providers through soliciting, developing, and leveraging grant opportunities to complement the County's programs in serving its citizens.

Responsibilities as Council's Representative:

  • Animal Control
  • Beaufort-Jasper Economic Opportunity Authority
  • Beaufort Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
  • Bluffton Township Fire District
  • Coastal Empire Mental Health
  • Daufuskie Island Fire District Board
  • Emergency Management Services
  • Lady's Island/St. Helena Island Fire District Commission
  • Library Board
  • Parks and Recreation Board
  • Sheldon Fire District
  • Technical College of the Lowcountry
  • University of South Carolina - Beaufort
  • Veterans Affairs

Committee Members 2025 - 2027

Chairman
David Bartholomew

Vice-Chairman
Thomas Reitz

Members

Alice Howard, Ex-Officio
York Glover
Larry McElynn
Anna Maria Tabernik

Staff Support

Audra Antonacci - Ogden, Assistant County Administrator