The Municipal Association of South Carolina offers city officials and staff access to publications covering a wide variety of local government topics. This includes the Handbook for Municipal Officials in South Carolina, which is the primary reference for the Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government.
When residents are elected to municipal office, they often enter into a world of unfamiliar state laws governing how councils, departments, boards and commissions operate; how local governments are financed; and how human resources concerns for staff are managed. This handbook explains many of these concerns. Other key topics covered in the handbook include elections, ordinances, tax revenue, municipal debt, SC Freedom of Information Act, public utility operation, municipal courts, risk management, as well as planning and annexation.