The County Commissioner is an elected official responsible for establishing the budget for county government operations each year, and then they levy the mill rate necessary to fund the portion of the budget to be paid for by ad valorem tax.     .

 

• 2000, the county received $3.3 million, an increase of 11.7%. Total revenue in 2000 equaled $343 per capita. The statewide revenue per capita for this same year was $679.
  
   
• From 1996 to 2000, own source revenues for Pulaski County rose from $2.7 million to $2.9 million, an increase of 9.1%. Own source revenues include revenues from property taxes, sales taxes, excise and special use taxes, and service charges and fees. Per capita own source revenues amounted to $307 in 2000. This compares to a statewide per capita amount of $611.
  
   
• The county collected an average of $213 per capita in property taxes during the past five years. This amount was greater than the average of $201 per capita collected by similarly-sized counties. For the same period, the average per capita amount of county property tax collected in Georgia was $190. On average, property taxes accounted for 65.1% of the county's own source revenue during the period of 1996 to 2000.
  
   
• General operating expenditures for Pulaski County in 1996 equaled $2.7 million, or $322 per capita. In 2000, general operating expenditures rose by 12.0% to $3 million, which was $310 per capita. General operating expenditures per capita for similarly-sized counties was $396 in 2000. The statewide average was $404 per capita during the same period.
  
   
• Historically, the top three expenditure categories for counties are public safety, administration, and health and human services. In 2000, Pulaski County spent $869,600 or 28.3% of total county spending on public safety which includes spending for law enforcement, fire services and jails. Spending for administration totaled $608,500, amounting to 19.8% of total expenditures. The county spent $314,500 or 10.2% of total spending on health and human services.
  
   
• From 1996 to 2000, Pulaski County had no long-term debt outstanding each year. Similarily-sized counties held an average of $121.69 per capita during the period.