Charleston County Contacts and RESOURCES

The County's website is here. Other useful links include:

PROBLEM?

If you want to report an issue within Charleston County you can contact them as follows:

General

"City Bot": Text to 843-800-4121
County Council: public-comments@charlestoncounty.org
Office of the County Administrator: 843-958-4000 (The Administrator is hired by Charleston County Council to serve as the County's Chief Administrative Officer. In addition to carrying out the directives and policies of Council, the Administrator oversees the day-to-day operations of County Government.)

Roads

Use SCDOT Street Finder or contact the Charleston County Public Works Department at 843-202-7600 to find out if a particular road is a County road. If the road is not a Country Road, you will need to contact SCDOT or the City of Charleston.
For road maintenance, install a driveway, ditch maintenance, pothole/road repair, or traffic calming: Public Works Work Order Request Form
For a road resurfacing request go here.

Mosquito Control

For mosquito control: Public Works Work Order Request Form

Code Enforcement

For environmental, solid waste or zoning complaints email codeenforcement@charlestoncounty.org

CHARLESTON COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF

Go here to find your County elected officials.

CHARLESTON COUNTY SENIOR STAFF and Useful WEbsites

COUNTY STAFF

County Attorney’s Office, 843-958-4010
Bill Tuten: County Administrator, 843-958-4001, BTuten@charlestoncounty.org
Carter McMillan, Ombudsman, 843-958-4036, CMcMillan@charlestoncounty.org

USEFUL WEBSITES

Organization Charts

County

State Organizations

South Carolina Association of Counties

Zoning and Land Use, Including Enforcement

General questions or concerns: planning@charlestoncounty.org

STAFF

Joel Evans: Zoning and Planning Director, 843-202-7202, jevans@charlestoncounty.org
Andrea Melocik: Zoning and Planning Deputy Director, 843-202-7219, amelocik@charlestoncounty.org
Jenny Werking: BZA planner, jwerking@charlestoncounty.org, 843-202-7213

ZONING ENFORCEMENT

Staff investigates concerns related to violations of the following three County ordinances:

Contract Info

Online Form
email
Phone: 843-202-7200

USEFUL WEBSITES

Guide To Land Use Planning For South Carolina, South Carolina Association of Counties

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC Services

The Department of Public Services includes Public Works (Transportation, Stormwater, and Mosquito Control).

PHONE NUMBERS

Public Works: 843-202-7600
Transportation Projects: 843-202-7617
Stormwater: 843-202-7639, stormwater@charlestoncounty.org
Mosquito Control: 842-202-7880

STAFF

Jim Armstrong: Deputy Administrator for Public Services, 843-202-6145, jdarmstrong@charlestoncounty.org
Steve Thigpen: Public Works Director, 843-202-6146, SThigpen@charlestoncounty.org

EMAILS

Email: pwcustomerservice@charlestoncounty.org

USEFUL WEBSITES

Work Order Request

Transportation

County Transportation Committee (CTC)

Wilbert O’Brien (Brien) Limehouse, Chairman

COUNTY STAFF

Steve Thigpen: Deputy Administrator for Public Services (which includes roads), 843-202-6146, SThigpen@charlestoncounty.org
Eric Adams: Public Works Director, 843-202-6149, ejadams@charlestoncounty.org
Devri Detoma: Public Works Deputy Director, 843-202-6144, DDetoma@charlestoncounty.org
(open): Public Works Capital Programs Manager
Herbert Nimz: Main Road Corridor Project Manager Segment A (Main and US-17), 843-607-8596, hnimz@charlestoncounty.org
Alex Owsiak: Main Road Corridor Project Manager Segment C (Bohicket Rd), 843-202-6155, aowsiak@charlestoncounty.org
Sheila Parker: Northern Pitchfork Project Manager, sparker@charlestoncounty.org, Office: 843-202-7624; Cell 843-754-7609
Mackenzie Kelley, Pavement Manager, MKelley@charlestoncounty.org

USEFUL WEBSITES

Use SCDOT Street Finder or contact the Charleston County Public Works Department at 843-202-7600 to find out if a particular road is a County road.
If you have an issue with a Charleston County maintained road, you can contact them at Charleston County Work Order Request Form

Bike path or Sidewalk Maintenance
Rational Roads for Johns Island
Charleston Moves (encourages mobility by bicycle, foot and public transit )

Stormwater

STORMWATER DEPARTMENT

Phone: 843-202-7639
Email: stormwater@charlestoncounty.org

STAFF

Chris Wannamaker, Stormwater Manager, cwannamaker@charlestoncounty.org

USEFUL WEBSITES

GREENBELT PROGRAM

Eric Davis: Greenbelt Programs Director, 843-202-7214, edavis@charlestoncounty.org

USEFUL WEBSITES

Charleston County Greenbelt Program

PARKS

The Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC) is a special purpose district that is a separate governmental entity and not a department or division of Charleston County Government, nor the State of South Carolina. As a special purpose district (SPD), Charleston County Government is not involved in their overall direction or management. However, Charleston County Council does have budgetary oversight of their tax-related budget.

STAFF

Kevin Bowie, Executive Director, 843-762-2172, kbowie@ccprc.com

USEFUL WEBSITES

CHARLESTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

CONTACT NUMBERS

For non-emergencies: 843-202-1700
Other

SHERIFF AND STAFF

Kristin Graziano: Charleston County Sheriff, 843-202-1700, kgraziano@charlestoncounty.org
Captain M. Burrell: Patrol Support Division (includes Traffic), 843-529-5330, mburrell@charlestoncounty.org
Traffic Services (traffic enforcement): 843-529-5331

USEFUL WEBSITES

CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (CCSD)

BOARD

Darlene Roberson: Board Member, District 8 (which includes the majority of Johns Island), 843-997-8390, darlene_roberson@charleston.k12.sc.us
Carol Tempel: Board Member, District 9 (which includes a small portion of eastern Johns Island around Rushland Landing and Headquarters Plantation and a small portion of southern Johns Island around Kiawah River Estates and Kiawah River), 843-252-8701, carol_tempel@charleston.k12.sc.us

ADMINISTATION

Eric Gallien: Superintendent of Schools, 843-937-6318, eric_gallien@charleston.k12.sc.us
Jeffrey Borowy: Chief Operating Officer, 843-566-1975, jeffrey_borowy@charleston.k12.sc.us
Jasmeen Shaw, Executive Director of Capital Programs, 843-566-1975, jasmeen_shaw@charleston.k12.sc.us
Michael Reidenbach: Executive Director of Security and Emergency Management (includes traffic), 843-308-6580, michael_reidenbach@charleston.k12.sc.us

JOHNS ISLAND SCHOOLS

Jermaine Joyner: Principal, St John's High School, 843- 559-6200, Jermaine_Joyner@charleston.k12.sc.us
Travis Benintendo: Principal, Haut Gap Middle School, 843-559-6253, Travis_Benintendo@charleston.k12.sc.us
Judith Condon: Principal, Angel Oak Elementary School, 843- 559-641, judith_condon@charleston.k12.sc.us
Anna Mims: Principal, Mount Zion Elementary School, 843-559-3841, anna_mims@charleston.k12.sc.us

USEFUL WEBSITES

Charleston County School District
CCSD Constituent Districts (Johns Island is in District 9)
CCSD Operations Division
CCSD Security and Emergency Management (includes traffic)
School Ratings (SchoolDigger)