Charleston County Council

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Herbert R. Sass, III district 1

Herbert R. Sass, III

Title: Councilmember

  • 413 Hobcaw Drive
  • Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
  • (843) 766-7500 (O)
  • (843) 693-8305 (C)
HSass@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected*: April 26, 2011

Term Expires: Dec. 31, 2026

Birthplace: Miami, Florida

*in a special election after a primary election on March 8, 2011 and a run-off election on March 22, 2011

Goals & key issues as a Councilmember:

  • Fiscal conservative, reduced spending
  • Improved traffic and planning with Comprehensive Plan
  • Economic Development and job creation
  • Balance growth with quality of life
  • Streamline and speed up permitting process for our citizens
  • Improve communications with county residents

Council committees:

  • Finance, Chairman

Employment history:

  • April 1992 to present: Sass, Herrin & Associates, Inc.
  • October 1984-March 1992: Charleston Appraisal Service
  • January 1982 -July 1984: Southeastern Appraisal Service
  • June 1976-December 1986: Three-S Company

Professional & Civic involvement:

  • Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments
  • CARTA
  • Charleston Regional Development Alliance
  • CHATS
  • President, S.C. Chapter of Appraisal Institute: 2012
  • Chairman, S.C. Real Estate Appraisers Board: 2004-2011, 1997-2001
  • Appointed Appraiser Member, SC Real Estate Appraisers Board: 2009, 2003, 1998, 1995
  • National Director, Association of Appraisal Regulatory Officials: 2004-2006
  • Regional Director, Association of Appraisal Regulatory Officials: 2004-2003, 1998-2001

Education:

  • 1976: The Citadel, Bachelor's of science in business administration
  • 1988: Senior Residential Appraiser (SRA), The Society of Real Estate Appraisers
  • 1991: Member Appraisal Institute (MAI)
Larry Kobrovsky district 2

Larry Kobrovsky

Title: Vice Chair

  • Address
  • City/State
  • (843) 958-4030 (O)
LKobrovsky@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected: November, 2022

Term Expires: Dec. 31, 2026

Birthplace: Charleston, SC

Robert L. Wehrman district 3

Robert L. Wehrman

Title: Councilmember

  • 4045 Bridgeview Drive, Suite B-270
  • North Charleston, SC 29405-7464
  • (843) 958-4030 (O)
RLWehrman@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected: November, 2020

Term Expires: Dec. 2028

Birthplace: Seneca, SC

Goals & key issues as a Councilmember:

  • Affordable Housing
  • Public Transportation
  • Sustainable Development
  • Flooding Relief

Council committees:

  • Finance
  • Public Works
  • Environmental Management
  • Human Resources, Chairman
  • Housing
  • Magistrate Oversight Committee
  • Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
  • Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA)
  • Charleston Area Transportation Study Committee (CHATS)

Professional & Civic involvement:

  • Certified Professional Engineer
  • Charleston Museum board member

Education:

  • Columbia University, Juris Doctorate - 2013
  • University of South Carolina, B.S. in Business Administration - 2010
  • Double Major: Economics and Finance
  • Licensed Attorney South Carolina, September 2016

Hobbies:

  • Spending time with family and friends
  • Gamecock football, Islander hockey
  • Reading and playing guitar
Henry E. Darby district 4

Henry E. Darby

Title: Councilmember

  • 4045 Bridgeview Drive, Suite B-270
  • North Charleston, SC 29405-7464
  • (843) 901-6793 (C)
HenryDarby@msn.com

Date Elected: November, 2004

Term Expires: Dec. 2028

Birthplace: Charleston, SC

Goals & key issues as a Councilmember:

  • Diversity within the workforce and procurement of the County
  • Fair and equitable pay for all employees
  • Employment for the underprivileged

Council committees:

  • Finance
  • Planning/Public Works
  • Audit Committee
  • Charleston Museum Board
  • Human Services Commission
  • Charleston Animal Society
  • Charleston Promise Neighborhood
  • International African American Museum
  • Housing

Employment History:

  • 2020-present: Walmart Associate, North Charleston, SC
  • 2017-present: Principal, North Charleston High School, North Charleston, SC
  • 2005-2017: Assistant Principal, Fort Dorchester High School, North Charleston, SC
  • 2001-2003: Coordinator, Burke High School Adult Education Program, Charleston, SC
  • 1999-2000: Administrative Assistant, Burke High School, Charleston, SC
  • 1996-2005: Instructor, Burke High School, Charleston, SC
  • 1990-2000: Adjunct Professor, Charleston Southern University, Charleston, SC
  • 1982-1996: Instructor, Morningside Middle School, North Charleston, SC
  • 1980-1982: Instructor, Burke High School, Charleston, SC
  • 1978-1980: Production Assistant, DuPont, Goose Creek, SC

Education:

  • Liberty Hill Elementary - North Charleston, SC
  • Whitesville Elementary - Oakley, SC
  • Bonds-Wilson High School - North Charleston, SC - 1969
  • Berkeley Training High School - Moncks Corner, SC - 1970
  • Berkeley High School - Moncks Corner, SC - 1971
  • B.A. Morris College - Sumter, SC - 1975
  • M.A. Atlanta University - Atlanta, GA - 1985
  • M. Ed. The Citadel - Charleston, SC - 2007
  • Studied at Emory University - Atlanta, GA - 1985
  • Ed. S. The Citadel, Charleston, SC - 2011

Civic involvement:

  • Founder Citizens Patrol Against Drugs (CPAD) - an organization that patrolled the Liberty Hill community unarmed from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM to prevent the selling of illegal drugs. CPAD was studied by the police departments of Columbia, Florence, and Greenville, SC. Received national award for its innovation and success. There were no drug-related deaths within Liberty Hill for 11 years after CPAD ended its patrol. The organization went into five other drug-infested communities to have drugs eradicated.
  • Co-founder Citizens Patrol Against Drugs II with Councilman Teddie Pryor on the East Side of Charleston where shootings and killings took place every 12 days. Thereafter, it was several years before a drug-related death occurred. The organization also went into the Chicora-Cherokee and Union Heights communities.
  • Co-founder of the Denmark Vesey & the Spirit of Freedom Monument Committee whose mission was to erect a monument in honor of Denmark Vesey.

Accomplishments/Awards:

  • Certificate of Completion - Dorchester School District Two Leadership Academy
  • Certificate of Training- Law Enforcement & Schools: A partnership of Safe Schools
  • Community Leadership - United to Save America
  • Community Leadership - The Omega Newman Award
  • Friendship AME Men's Day Award
  • Life-Subscribing Membership Award - SC Coalition for Voter Participation
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
  • Morris Brown AME Church African-American Achievement Award
  • Omega Psi Phi Scroll of Honor Award
  • Outstanding Contribution & Services Award
  • Outstanding Musician - Oak Grove Baptist Church
  • Outstanding Musician - North Charleston Recreation Department
  • Political Awareness/Economics Award - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  • South Carolina State University Solid Leadership Award
  • Teacher of the Year - Burke High School
  • The Honorable David Walker Award
  • Union Baptist Church African-American Achievement Award
  • Taught the first course exclusively on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. within the nation according to the Atlanta University History Department
  • Author of King on Vietnam - Phylon: A Review of Race and Culture (1986), The Execution of Two Liberty Hill Negroes (1993), A Short History of Liberty Hill (1993), Denmark Vesey & His Early Quest for Freedom - Vet Center Voice (1999), Liberty Hill - Vietnam Fighting Men (2014)
  • Traveled to China (Schijiazhuang and Handan) to instruct Chinese teachers how to incorporate various instructional methodologies and teaching styles to enhance Chinese student learning.

Memberships:

  • Liberty Hill Improvement Council
  • National Association of Secondary School Principals
  • South Carolina Association of Secondary Administration

Contributor of College Awards - Morris College:

  • The Florence Darby Award - for the student who exhibits the most religious emphasis
  • The Reverend Dr. Thomas Dawkins Award (pending) [ for the minister who evinces the most sincere and altruistic concern for students who have major personal and/or family problems]

Family:

  • Daughters: Florrie, Jacinta, and Nailah Carrie-Inez

Hobbies:

  • Collecting rare books (African-American - United States History)
  • Musician - Oak Grove, Pilgrim, Union, and Victory Baptist Churches
  • Raising domestic goats
  • Researching and the writing of history
  • Restoration of 1964 Pontiac GTO
  • Restoration of 1966 Volkswagen Beetle
Teddie E. Pryor, Sr. district 5

Teddie E. Pryor, Sr.

Title: Councilmember

  • 2700 Crestline Drive
  • North Charleston, SC 29405
  • (843) 958-4030 (O)
TPryor@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected: November, 2004

Term Expires: Dec. 31, 2026

Birthplace: Charleston, SC

Goals & key issues as a Councilmember:

  • Control taxes, fees
  • Development of jail expansion
  • New roads and drainage in rural areas
  • More diversity in upper level management
  • Improving mass transit
  • More parks and recreation for young people
  • More senior citizen complexes for the elderly

Council committees:

  • Finance
  • Planning/Public Works
  • Administration Policy/Rules, Chairman
  • Human Resources

Employment History:

  • Project Manager, City of North Charleston
  • Tourism Coordinator, City of North Charleston
  • Self-employed owner of Pryor's Towing and Radiator

Education:

  • Trident Technical College
  • Amoco School of Business

Civic involvement:

  • Deacon, Evening of Prayer Ministry
  • Former Chairman, Charleston County Council
  • North Charleston High School Booster Club
  • North Charleston High School Parent Advisory Board
  • CHATS
  • Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments
  • Palmetto Community Action Partnership

Family:

  • Married with three adult children and 8 grandchildren

Hobbies:

  • Basketball
  • Fishing
  • Football
Kylon J. Middleton district 6

Kylon J. Middleton

Title: Council Chair

  • 821 Kirby Ct.
  • Charleston, SC 29414
  • (843) 325-4577 (C)
KMiddleton@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected: November, 2020

Term Expires: Dec. 2028

Birthplace: Charleston, SC

C. Brantley Moody district 7

C. Brantley Moody

Title: Councilmember

  • 4045 Bridgeview Drive, Suite B-270
  • North Charleston, SC 29405-7464
  • (843) 270-2483 (C)
BMoody@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected: November, 2016

Term Expires: Dec. 2028

Birthplace: Charleston, SC

Brantley Moody represents District 7 on Charleston County Council. He was first elected in November of 2016 and is currently serving his third term. He also serves as Chair of Environmental Management Committee and is a member of the Finance, Planning & Public Works, Economic Development, and Audit Committees. In addition, he serves as a council representative on the Charleston Museum Board and the Charleston Regional Development Alliance.

Moody was born and raised in Charleston. He earned his Master of Business Administration from The Citadel and his bachelor's degree in finance and real estate from the University of South Carolina. He is a graduate of the South Carolina Banker's College and has a South Carolina Real Estate Broker's License.

In addition to serving on County Council, Moody is actively involved in the community through St. Andrew's Rotary Club, Darkness to Light, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, and is an active leader in his church.

On Council, he focuses on being responsive to constituent needs, guarding the use of tax dollars, infrastructure improvements in his district, the ultimate completion of the critical I-526 corridor, and countywide economic development. He values accountability, responsiveness, and honesty.

Joe Boykin district 8

Joe Boykin

Title: Councilmember

  • Address
  • City/State
  • (843) 214-0337 (C)
JBoykin@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected: December, 2022

Term Expires: Dec. 31, 2026

Birthplace: Camden, SC

Joe Boykin represents District 8 on Charleston County Council. He was first elected in 2022, and is currently serving his first term, which will expire December 31, 2026.

A graduate of University of South Carolina, Boykin holds a degree in Criminal Justice. He is also a graduate of the SC Criminal Justice Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and ATF National Academy.

In addition to serving on County Council, Mr. Boykin is actively involved in the community as a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, a founding member of the International African American Museum, a Group II SC State Constable, and is a past member of The Progressive Club Board of Directors, Johns Island Task Force, Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Exchange Club of Charleston.

On Council, he focuses on improving and advancing transportation infrastructure, fortifying and strengthening the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) through ordinance amendments and intergovernmental agreements with municipal partners, and the preservation of rural lands and greenspace through improvements to the Comprehensive Plan, increased funding for the Greenbelt Program, and maintaining low density zoning in the Agricultural Preservation District.

Jenny Costa Honeycutt district 9

Jenny Costa Honeycutt

Title: Councilmember

  • 4045 Bridgeview Drive
  • North Charleston, SC 29405
  • (843) 693-6447 (C)
JHoneycutt@CharlestonCounty.org

Date Elected: November, 2018

Term Expires: Dec. 31, 2026

Goals & key issues as a Councilmember:

  • Safe Roads
  • Smart Growth
  • Sound Leadership

Council committees

  • Finance
  • Planning/Public Works
  • Administration Policy/Rules
  • Human Resources
  • Public Safety, Chair
  • Magistrate Oversight Committee
  • Housing Special Committee, Chair

Professional & Civic involvement:

  • James Island Christian Church
  • Junior League of Charleston
  • Exchange Club of James Island
  • Charleston County Bar Association
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance and Defense Research Institute

Employment history:

  • Costa Honeycutt, LLC

Education:

  • University of South Carolina, Juris Doctorate – Dec 2004
  • Meredith College, Bachelor of Arts – May 2001
  • Double Major: Political Studies & Communication
  • Licensed Attorney South Carolina, May 2005

Family:

  • Married to Trey
  • Three children (Rhame, Tanner, and Adleigh)

Hobbies:

  • Spending time with family and friends
  • Volunteering
  • Fishing, surfing, sporting clays