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Hilton Head Island Packet •

After 2 years, Beaufort County releases report on ‘flagrant’ purchasing violations

Two years after elected officials in Beaufort County hired a law firm to review the county’s spending practices under former administrator Eric Greenway, the firm’s findings are now available to the public.

The fully unredacted, 36-page report, previously kept from the public eye, reveals that county staff failed to follow their own procurement code, in some instances, willfully, as a result of “poor culture” that started from the very top of the organizational chart.

Without a confirmed endin...
Hilton Head Island Packet •

Sheriff: Beaufort County official, inmate and jailers made “perfect storm” of mistakes

As a month-long and widespread investigation spurring from a selfie taken from a Beaufort County jail cell continues into its final stage, it is unlikely that criminal charges will follow for one of the county’s elected officials.

In a wide-ranging question and answer session Friday afternoon, Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner, along with the department’s lawyer Daniel Gourley, took questions from reporters about the ongoing month-long investigation that started after a Beaufort County counci...
Hilton Head Island Packet •

Ethics complaints withdrawn against former Beaufort County Administrator, Eric Greenway

Two state-level ethics complaints against former Beaufort County Administrator Eric Greenway have been withdrawn two years after they were originally filed.

Greenway began his tenure in May 2021 and was terminated in July 2023 in a unanimous County Council decision. He was two years into a five-year contract with Beaufort County. At the time, the council cited the former administrator’s alleged failure to follow the statutes on hiring outside contractors and his disregard for the county’s procu...