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Pickens school board debates raising operating millage, reviews debt-service calculation
Summary
At the Sept. 22 meeting the board heard the annual debt-service update (debt service millage set at 52 mills) and debated whether to adopt the auditor rollback (104.8 mills) or a higher rate allowed under CPI-plus-population growth (options cited: 108.8 local calc; 109.1 statutory cap).
The School District of Pickens County Board of Trustees reviewed the district’s debt-service obligations and held extended discussion on the operating-millage rate after the county’s 2025 reassessment.
Matt Owens, director of financial services, explained that the debt-service committee set the debt-service millage for tax year 2025 at 52 mills — a 1-mill reduction from the prior year — and stated the approximate value of one debt-service mill at $863,233. He said debt-service payments…
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