Pickens County schedules public hearings: ethics ordinance, procurement policies and zoning amendments

The Pickens County Board of Commissioners authorized staff to schedule work sessions and advertise public hearings for three separate items: a draft ethics ordinance, proposed amendments to financial management and procurement policies, and county‑initiated zoning ordinance changes concerning a land intensity map for lower‑density districts.

The chair (name not stated) said staff provided a draft ethics ordinance and the board agreed to include it on a February work session agenda and to advertise a public hearing for consideration during the regular February meeting. Separately, the board authorized advertising a public hearing and scheduling a work session for proposed amendments to financial management and procurement policies.

The board also approved advertising a public hearing for a county‑initiated zoning ordinance amendment related to adopting a land intensity map for lower‑density land use intensity districts, with a work session planned for Feb. 1 and a public hearing on Feb. 15.

All three advertisements and scheduling requests were moved, seconded and approved on the record; the board did not debate substantive ordinance language during this meeting. Details of the drafts and proposed amendments will be available when staff publishes the public‑hearing notices and related documents.