Aiken

Organization 35

Departments

• ABBE Regional Library Library

  The Aiken-Bamberg-Barnwell-Edgefield (ABBE) Library System exists to provide materials which communicate experience and ideas from one person to another. Its goal is to assemble, organize, preserve, and make easily available to all residents of Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, and Edgefield counties materials that will assist them in the pursuit of education, information, research, culture, and lifelong learning.

  803-642-7575 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Administrator Administration

  The County Administrator's Office is in charge of implementation of policies, procedures and regulations adopted by the Aiken County Council and ensures compliance of these policies by county departments. The Administrator prepares and recommends the annual operating budget and capital program to County Council and supervises the implementation of the approved budget.

  803-642-2012 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Animal Shelter Animal Services

  The Animal Shelter is a division under the Administrator's Office. Shelter staff operate and maintain the facility, providing care for animals brought in by citizens as well as those impounded by Animal Enforcement Officers from the Code Enforcement Department. The shelter provides animal services for the unincorporated area of Aiken County.

  803-642-1537 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Assessor Assessment

  Identifies, classifies, appraises and assesses residential, commercial, agricultural and vacant property in Aiken County for ad valorem taxation, provides annual real estate assessments to the County Auditor, reappraises all property every five years, and handles real property assessment appeals.

  803-642-1583 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Auditor Finance

  The Auditor's Office is responsible for the taxation of personal property such as cars, trucks, motor homes, campers, trailers, motorcycles, watercraft and motors, merchants' furniture, fixtures and equipment, aircraft, and manufacturers' real and personal property. The office also accepts and certifies homestead exemption applications.

  803-642-1510 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Clerk of Court Courts

  An elected official, the function of the Clerk of Court's Department is to provide all support functions necessary for the operation of the Circuit and Family Courts in Aiken County, including collection of fees and fines and creating copies of legal instruments and the administration of jury selection.

  803-642-1715 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Code Enforcement

  Code Enforcement handles animal enforcement, litter and illegal dumping enforcement, property nuisance and unfit dwellings, and zoning enforcement complaints in Aiken County. Dispatch manages all incoming calls and directs concerns to the appropriate officer.

  803-502-9000 ext. 3704 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Coroner

  The Aiken County Coroner's Office investigates the cause and the manner of deaths. The office is called for violent, sudden and unattended deaths, signs the death certificates on those deaths, and issues burial/removal/transit permits on all deaths outside of a hospital or institution.

  803-642-1741 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Delinquent Tax Collector Finance

  Collects delinquent property taxes and conducts the annual delinquent tax sale and tax sale redemptions for Aiken County, in accordance with the laws governing the State of South Carolina.

  803-642-2081 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Emergency Management Emergency Management

  The Aiken County Department of Emergency Management coordinates the county's integrated emergency management system through partnerships with all emergency response organizations, voluntary agencies, private non-profit organizations, and other support services, to ensure efficient preparation for, effective response to, and timely recovery from emergencies and disasters.

  803-642-1623 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Emergency Services Fire

  Aiken County Emergency Services provides high-quality pre-hospital medical care to the citizens of Aiken County on demand. The department operates a fleet of ambulances and rescue vehicles and responds to more than 26,000 calls for service each year, providing both emergency medical response and rescue services, including automotive extrication.

  803-642-1624 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Engineering Public Works

  The Engineering Department is made up of several divisions, including the Roads Construction Division, which is in charge of the design and construction of all County-owned roadway and drainage projects.

  803-642-1535 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Finance Finance

  The Finance Department serves Aiken County employees and the public through four divisions: Administration and Accounting, Central Procurement, Collections, and Grants Management.

  803-642-2064 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Historical Museum

  The purpose of the Aiken County Historical Museum, under the direction of the Aiken County Historical Commission, is to collect and preserve historical material relating to Aiken County, to display and interpret such information to the public.

  803-642-2015 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Human Resources Human Resources

  The Human Resources Division assists County departments with all personnel issues. It is the policy of Aiken County to provide Equal Opportunity in employment to all employees and applicants for employment.

  803-642-1555 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Information Technology Information Technology

  The Information Technology Department provides computer services to County departments and agencies, and its GeoServices Division manages the county's Geographic Information System (GIS) and 911 addressing for the entire county except the incorporated areas of Aiken and North Augusta.

  803-642-1593 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Legislative Delegation Legislative

  The Aiken County Legislative Delegation office is the link between the citizens, businesses, agencies, and city and municipal governments and their respective legislators in the South Carolina General Assembly.

  803-642-1694 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Magistrates Courts

  The Aiken County Summary Court Judges and their staff help the citizens of Aiken County in criminal and civil matters. The department includes nine courts, including Traffic Court and Bond Court; the Magistrate Courts issue warrants, prepare and serve civil paperwork, and hear criminal and traffic misdemeanor tickets.

  www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Master-in-Equity Courts

  The Master-In-Equity Department handles all Common Pleas non-jury cases referred, including the Judicial Sales, for the citizens of Aiken County.

  803-642-2025 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation

  803-642-7559 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Planning & Development Planning

  The Planning and Development Department provides assistance to the citizens of Aiken County through its two divisions: Codes and Planning.

  803-642-1520 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Probate Court Courts

  Probate Court assists the citizens of Aiken County in the probating of estates of deceased persons.

  803-642-2002 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Procurement Finance

  The Procurement Department is a centralized purchasing office that is responsible for the procurement of commodities and services for the various County departments and select agencies.

  803-642-1540 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Public Works Public Works

  The Public Works Department is made up of several divisions: the Roads and Bridges Division maintains approximately 600 miles of dirt roads and 300 miles of paved roads, and the Solid Waste Division provides facilities for the disposal of household, commercial, industrial, construction waste, and land clearing debris and supports recycling.

  803-642-1533 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Register of Deeds Clerk

  The Aiken County Register of Deeds (ROD) records, maintains, preserves, and assures the availability of the real property (land) records, ensuring all documents recorded comply with the South Carolina Code of Laws recording statutes.

  803-642-2072 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Registration & Elections Elections

  The Registration and Elections Department is responsible for administering fair, accurate, secure, and accessible elections in accordance with federal and state election laws, including voter registration and records maintenance, absentee and early voting, polling place coordination, and election certification.

  803-642-2028 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Risk Management

  Aiken County has a comprehensive safety and risk management program. Aiken County is self-insured, and the program aims to provide a safe work environment for employees and reduce hazardous conditions for citizens.

  803-642-1544 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Sheriff's Office Police

  We the men and women of the Aiken County Sheriff's Office believe that our fundamental duty is to serve and protect the citizens and visitors of Aiken County with fairness, compassion and respect.

  803-642-1761 www.aikencountysheriff.net
• Aiken County Treasurer Finance

  The duties of the Treasurer include receipt of property taxes, State shared revenues, federal funds, court fees and fines, County user fees, and other funds collected by County agencies, holding those funds in interest-bearing accounts and disbursing them as required by State law and County ordinances.

  803-642-2092 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Veterans Affairs Human Services

  The Aiken County Veterans' Affairs Office advocates and provides counseling assistance to veterans and/or their surviving dependents and military members in applying for federal benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs and state benefits for South Carolina.

  803-642-1545 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Victim Services Human Services

  Aiken County Victim Services was developed as a collaborative effort with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, the Aiken County Detention Center, and the Aiken County Summary Courts to inform and support victims of crime at the earliest onset of victimization.

  803-642-7524 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Aiken County Wastewater Treatment Plant Utilities

  The mission of the Aiken County Wastewater Treatment Plant (ACWTP) remains to produce "Clean Water for Tomorrow." This is accomplished by providing efficient and economical wastewater service to the cities of Aiken and North Augusta, the numerous water districts in between, as well as local industry. The plant operates solely as a self-supporting enterprise fund.

  803-278-1911 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Savannah River Research Campus Economic Development

  Aiken County's Carrol H. Warner Savannah River Research Campus is a 422-acre site, owned and operated by Aiken County, designed to host technology-based business ventures; office space is available for lease in the Cooperative Research Center building.

  803-652-7772 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Second Circuit Public Defender (Aiken County) Legal

  The Second Circuit Public Defender is mandated by state law and the Constitution to provide competent, effective, and ethical legal representation to people unable to afford private counsel in cases where life or liberty issues are at stake. Attorneys are court appointed to represent adults charged with crimes in Magistrate's and General Sessions Court and juveniles in Family Court delinquency cases.

  803-642-1732 www.aikencountysc.gov
• Second Circuit Solicitor's Office Legal

  Serving Aiken, Bamberg, and Barnwell Counties, the Solicitor's Office is the prosecuting agency for criminal matters in Circuit Court, Family Court, and, in some cases, Magistrate's Court.

  803-642-1557 www.aikencountysc.gov