Town of Mount Pleasant approves $3.6M in funding for police, fire departments

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) – The Town of Mount Pleasant held a special council meeting on Monday to discuss the implementation of the 2025 Wage Study and the addition of positions to the police and fire departments.

The vote ultimately passed unanimously, approving a portion of the budget, but over $1.6 million was not approved.

“It is the council that dictates the level of service. And then the chief and the town administrator and all the department heads, they take that level of service that we say we want with the funding we give, and then they do what they can with that,” Mount Pleasant Councilmember John Iacofano said…

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