At a Friday evening meeting, the Pickens County Board of Commissioners approved a county rollback millage of 7.286 mills for 2024 and authorized staff to provide the combined county-and-school millage total of 19.486 mills to the state.

The boards facilitator said the advertised net rate was 7.286 mills, with a total levy of 9.8974 mills and a rollback amount of 2.6114 mills. Part of the rollback calculation includes an insurance premium tax; the facilitator cited the countys insurance premium tax amount as $2,345,975.78 (county portion). The school board earlier in the day voted a rollback to 12.2 mills; combined with the countys 7.286 mills the total to be billed is 19.486 mills.

"What was advertised in the paper is a rollback rate of the net rate of 7.286," the facilitator said. The same speaker called for a motion to approve the county rate; a motion and a second were made but the transcript does not identify who moved or seconded the motion. On a voice vote the facilitator recorded "Aye" and "None opposed," and said, "That motion carries." The transcript does not include a roll-call vote or names tied to individual votes.

During discussion, the facilitator thanked Miranda in the finance department and staff in the assessors and commissioners offices for preparing the materials. The facilitator also credited "Bill and Sloan and all the other department heads and elected officials" for budget management that the speaker said allowed the county to continue rollbacks while some neighboring metro counties raised or held flat their advertised rates this year.

The board then voted to provide the combined total (19.486 mills) to the state as required by state law; again the motion and second are recorded in the transcript without mover/second names, and the facilitator said the motion carried on a voice vote. The facilitator closed by asking for other business, offering additional thanks to staff, and accepting a motion and second to adjourn.

Actions recorded in the transcript were limited to approval of the county rollback rate (7.286 mills) and authorization to provide the combined millage total (19.486 mills) to the state; the transcript lists no amendments, no roll-call tallies, and no individual vote names.