Council to Look at Budget as Deadline Looms

With time running out for the June 30 deadline, Anderson County Council will continue to fine tune the fiscal year 2017-2018 budget as part of Tuesday's meeting at 6 p.m. in the historic courthouse downtown.

Council is meeting at 10 a.m. today to work on the budget, which initially called for a 2.9-mill tax increase, or roughly $11 per year for the owner of a $100,000 house. Since the first proposal, raises to bring county law enforcement up to regional averages has also been added as a priority.

The increase would boost the salary of an officer completing the academy training to $37,500 annually. This would be close to salaries offered by the City of Anderson for their police officers and those of Pickens and Abbeville County deputies.

View the complete agenda here.