Alfreda W. Tindal, public service

2025-2026 Bill 1068: Alfreda W. Tindal, public service - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Walker
Document Path: LC-0492VR-RM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 31, 2026
Introduced in the House on April 1, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on April 1, 2026
Summary: Alfreda W. Tindal, public service
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

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Action Description with journal page number

3/31/2026

Senate

Introduced, adopted, sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 5
)

4/1/2026

House

Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence (
House Journal-page 5
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/31/2026

A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO HONOR AND COMMEND ALFREDA WALTERS TINDAL FOR MORE
THAN FOUR DECADES OF EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVICE.

W
hereas, Alfreda
Walters Tindal devoted more than four decades of distinguished service to
Richland County, beginning her career on June 16, 1980, in the Public Works
Road Maintenance Department as a Clerk II and retiring on February 28, 2025, as
Richland County's Enhanced
9-1-1
address coordinator specialist; and

W
hereas, in the early
years of her service, Ms. Tindal's responsibilities included responding to
public inquiries and complaints and issuing work orders that provided her with
firsthand insight into the needs of residents, all of these responsibilities serving
to lay the foundation for her lifelong commitment to accuracy, service, and
public safety. Throughout her career, Alfreda Walters Tindal played a critical
role in shaping the safety, infrastructure, and operational efficiency of
Richland County by ensuring roads were properly named, addresses were
accurately assigned, and emergency responders were able to reach residents
quickly and effectively; and

W
hereas, in 1980, Ms.
Tindal completed her first major road-naming project with the designation of
Winhill Road, a frontage road off Monticello Road and Interstate 20, an
assignment that revealed the urgent need to address hundreds of unnamed county
dirt roads that posed challenges for maintenance, navigation, and emergency
response. Within two years, Ms. Tindal led the monumental effort to name 218
previously unnamed dirt roads, 191 of them in the predominantly Black community
of Lower Richland, thereby improving public safety, enhancing service delivery,
and providing long overlooked communities with official identity and
recognition; and

W
hereas, Ms. Tindal's
work was instrumental in the successful implementation of Richland County's
Enhanced
9-1-1
system in 1987, a milestone achievement that transformed
emergency response operations countywide and continues to save lives; and

W
hereas, over the
course of her career, Ms. Tindal coordinated, issued, and approved more than
100,000 addresses and named more than 10,000 roads, working collaboratively
with neighboring jurisdictions to ensure seamless emergency-response coverage
beyond county boundaries; and

W
hereas, Ms. Tindal
broke significant barriers by becoming the first Black female supervisor in the
Public Works Department in 1983 and later the first Black female chairperson of
the Richland County Grievance Board in 1991, setting a powerful example of leadership,
perseverance, and integrity; and

W
hereas, throughout her
career, Ms. Tindal represented Richland County at career days and professional
conferences, providing education, mentorship, and advocacy for excellence in
addressing, emergency response, and public service. Moreover, she authored policies,
manuals, and educational materials related to addressing and road naming, many
of which remain in use today in Richland County and surrounding jurisdictions,
ensuring her professional legacy endures well beyond her retirement; and

W
hereas, Ms. Tindal's
exemplary service has been recognized through numerous honors, including the
2000 U.S. Census Trophy, the South Carolina APCO/NENA Honorable Mention
9-1-1

Technician of the Year Award, and multiple features in The State newspaper highlighting
her pioneering contributions to public safety; and

W
hereas, beyond her
professional accomplishments, she is the mother of Dr. LaNisha Tindal and Nero
Tindal IV, grandmother of two, and an active member of various worthy
organizations. A lifelong student and teacher of the Bible, she has served as a
short-term foreign missionary since 1995 and looks forward to traveling,
bowling, playing Scrabble, singing, and decorating. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, honor and commend Alfreda
Walters Tindal for more than four decades of exemplary public service.

B
e it further resolved that
a copy of this resolution be presented to Alfreda Walters Tindal.

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