Clemson City Council Recognizes Coach Earl Gaines for Black History Month

At its March 2, 2026 meeting in Clemson City Hall, the City Council honored Coach Earl Gaines with a Black History Month proclamation for his decades of service in coaching, youth development, education, and community leadership…

Mayor Robert Halfacre and the city council also issued a proclamation for National School Breakfast Week.

The session opened with a public hearing on a proposed Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District text amendment, followed by approval of prior minutes, discussions on a Wire3 franchise fee, a Miss Clemson presentation, a mutual aid agreement with North Myrtle Beach, Anderson Regional Joint Water System representation, and the overlay proposal itself, plus policy actions including second readings on council abstention rules and rental housing townhouse definitions, a first reading of an annexation ordinance, and consideration of surplus utilities equipment, with no executive session held due to no update on the scheduled legal matter as noted by Mayor Halfacre…