After learning that just over 900 residents are enrolled with the Genasys Mass Notification System, Greenwood County Commissioners noted the need to increase enrollment during their most recent county commission meeting on Monday, June 23.
Levi Vinson with Emergency Management shared an update regarding increased involvement on the county’s social media pages just one month after Social Media Manager Madison Morris took over the postings. Discussion then shifted to posting information regarding the Genasys Mass Notification System, a system Greenwood County utilizes in place of the CodeRed alerts. Vinson noted that approximately 2,500 residents were enrolled with CodeRed and those who haven’t signed up for Genasys will not receive those notifications. Greenwood County Alerts is used to communicate public safety topics including severe weather, evacuations, local emergency notifications, etc. All residents are encouraged to sign up for alerts at https:// greenwoodks.genasys. com/portal/en. During the registration process, you can choose the types of alerts you receive and how to receive them, including landline phone, cell phone, text/SMS message and email.
During the registration process you have the ability to customize the order you wish to receive alerts. To receive targeted messages by location, you are encouraged to add your home address when registering. You can add multiple addresses, for example a home address and work address. The information entered into the system is for the purposes of communicating emergency and official county/city information only.
Vinson also shared information regarding to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report, which showed Greenwood County as 100th out of 105 counties based on the lowest average weekly income. The highest
was Johnson County with an average weekly wage of $1,490. Chautauqua was 105th with $689. Greenwood County’s average weekly wage was listed as $756.
Greenwood County Appraiser Shawna Griffitts reviewed a contract with McCully & Associates, a mass appraisal consulting & services company. Griffitts noted they have utilized the services for several years and wished to continue, noting that this had been budgeted. The commission approved the contract in the amount of $18,900 for the 2026 year.
The commission approved three employments; two for Road & Bridge, including full-time employee James Mills at $20/hour and parttime employee John Plonka at $17/hour; and one for the Appraiser’s Office, Taelyn Huffman for Personal Property (Oil & Gas) at $15/ hour.
Brief discussions were held regarding drafting a payment tier system across the county, as well as creating lists of equipment for all departments and maintaining the list to note what is used/not used, need repairs or listed as a want.
Discussion was also held regarding the need to apply for various grants.
Greenwood County Counselor Paul Dean noted that he is still working to finalize the legal publication for the upcoming tax sale. He planned to meet with the Register of Deeds Office early this week to obtain the needed information.
The commission approved special payables totaling $99,454.49; regular payables totaling $200,757.64 ; and payroll totaling $145,680.61.
The next Greenwood County Commission meeting is slated for Monday, June 30, at 9 a.m.
