CHAPIN, S.C. — Chapin Town Council held a special called meeting Monday night, Nov. 9, working through questions about town finances, the loss of past meeting videos and a new lawsuit against the town and Mayor Bill Mitchell Jr.
On the money side, council members pointed to a financial audit covering fiscal years 2025 and 2026 as the way to sort out how town dollars were spent. They said the audit has to be finished before they vote on a 2027 budget. The finance questions raised Monday did not get firm answers before the meeting ended.
Recordings of earlier council meetings no longer appear on the town Facebook page. Council members said the mayor took them down and argued that deleting them broke the law. Mitchell responded that Facebook generally keeps videos up for roughly 30 days.
Members are now looking for a way to put archived meeting videos back online. They also discussed rewriting the town ordinance on meeting minutes so that video recordings become part of the public record after every meeting. Mitchell said council members asked him to schedule that change for a first reading at an upcoming meeting.
The session came days after five former town employees sued the town and Mitchell. Their suit, filed Nov. 6 in Lexington County, alleges discrimination and retaliation. Mitchell denied the allegations at the meeting, and none of the claims have been proven in court.
Town Hall is at 157 NW Columbia Avenue. Council is scheduled to meet again on Nov. 17.
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