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Pickens County holds public hearing on proposed $40.2 million 2025 budget; staff says balanced without using fund balance
Summary
At a November meeting the Pickens County Board of Commissioners presented the proposed 2025 budget — a balanced plan with $40,213,437 in general fund revenues and no planned use of fund balance — and paused for public comment; commissioners will review the budget again at a December work session.
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners opened a public hearing at its November meeting to present the proposed 2025 county budget, which Chair Chris described as a balanced plan with total general-fund revenues and expenditures of $40,213,437. "Unassigned general fund balance of $13,148,785 was carried forward in 2024," Chris told the board, noting that the county did not plan to use fund balance to balance next year’s budget.
The presentation framed the budget around a mission of transparent local government and prioritized public safety, judicial services and…
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