Pickens County Board of Commissioners Holds Meeting June 15, 2017

Pickens County held its regular board meeting on June, 15 2017. The Board approved to accept the bid of $1,662,000 from Northwest Georgia Paving to go forward with the Asphalt Paving Project. For the project $536,000 will be from the state and Pickens County will be matching the rest with our SPLOST funds.

At today’s meeting the 2016 audit was presented. Expenditures decreased compared to 2015 due to finishing the Tate Project. Pickens County debt is 1.9 million, the debt is very low compared to other counties.

Normally a population like Pickens creates a debt of $8.6 million. Auditors noted that Pickens County funds balance was very steady. If you would like to view the full financial statement it is available here.

The Board approved to repair the Grandview dam and to begin construction on a treatment facility. The treatment facility will create a reservoir for Pickens County. It will be considered as an enterprise fund, therefore it will not be pulled out of the tax payers funds. The reservoir will give Pickens County its own resource of water and benefit the community. With this being approved today the repairs should go into effect very soon.