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City · Clarendon County, South Carolina

Manning

County seat of Clarendon County, and a separate public body from the county. If a decision was made by the City, the County cannot answer for it.

Section 01

The basics

CountyClarendon
RoleCounty seat
Form of governmentCouncil
City Council7 members — Mayor and 6 Councilmembers
Official sitecityofmanning.org
Section 02

Council meetings

WhenSecond Tuesday of the month, 6:00 pm
WhereManning City Hall, 29 W Boyce Street
ChambersSecond floor — the Mill Street entrance is the one to use
Agendas & minutesPosted online
Open to the publicYes

Meeting dates and times change, especially around holidays. Check the city's own calendar before you travel. If you plan to speak, ask the clerk in advance how public comment is handled — rules differ between bodies and are not always written on the agenda.

Section 03

What the City holds — and what it doesn't

Ask the City for

  • Council agendas, agenda packets and minutes
  • City ordinances and resolutions
  • City budgets, spending and purchase records
  • Contracts the City is a party to
  • City business licences and permits
  • Correspondence held by City officials and staff

Ask someone else for

  • Deeds, plats and property tax — Clarendon County
  • Court filings — Clerk of Court, at the County
  • School records and board minutes — the school district
  • Disability and special needs services — the DSN board
  • State agency records — the agency itself
A municipality and its county are separate public bodies. Sending a records request to the wrong one is the single most common reason a request here goes unanswered — and the response clock generally doesn't start until the right body has it.
Section 04

Before you file

Read the free guide first

It covers the seven things that keep a request from stalling — asking for documents rather than explanations, giving a date range, naming where you think records sit, and asking for a fee estimate before any work starts.

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South Carolina
Freedom of Information Act
Request Kit

SC Public Records Request Kit

Request letters, a fee worksheet, a response tracker and a denial log — built around how South Carolina bodies actually respond.

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Sources

Verified 19 September 2026 · next review March 2027

  1. Municipal Association of South Carolina — City of Manning profile (form of government, council composition, county, official website). masc.sc/municipality/manning
  2. City of Manning — Council Meetings (day, time, location, entrance, agendas and minutes). cityofmanning.org/city-council/page/council-meetings
  3. South Carolina Association of Counties — Clarendon County profile (county seat). sccounties.org/county/clarendon-county

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