Number of S.C. cities, counties posting expenditures online grows to 15

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Aiken County and the city of Georgetown began posting monthly check registers on the Web last month. The two local governments are the latest to join the state comptroller’s spending transparency initiative. Several Lowcountry local governments already are on board.

Staff Report
Published Nov. 3, 2009

Two more local governments in South Carolina are posting their expenditures online, bringing the total number of participants in the state comptroller’s spending transparency initiative to 15.

Aiken County and the city of Georgetown began posting monthly check registers on the Web last month, Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom said.

Other local governments are already on board.

Counties:

• Charleston
• Dorchester
• Anderson

Municipalities:

• Irmo
• Cayce
• Aiken
• Chesnee
• Charleston
• Turbeville
• Myrtle Beach
• Surfside Beach

Districts:

• Holly Springs Fire-Rescue District
• Berkeley County School District

Eckstrom’s office said Richland County, the city of Columbia and the town of Elgin are planning to post their check registers online soon.

Small towns without Web sites can send their check registers to the comptroller’s office to be posted to its site.

“By putting such information at people’s fingertips, these local officials understand it’s not their money they’re spending,” Eckstrom said.