Monday, December 10, 2012
Public can comment on proposed 2013 budget at public hearing at 7 p.m. Dec. 10. No vote will be taken.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
The Gwinnett Board of Commissioners will hold a special called meeting Monday, December 10, at 7 p.m. to allow public comment on the proposed 2013 budget. The planned $1.3 billion budget, a reduction from the 2012 spending plan, was rolled out in November. However, no formal vote on the 2013 budget is planned before January. Monday's meeting will be at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville. The 2013 budget is the first full county budget document since the Service Delivery Strategy (SDS0 settlement was reached in February 2012 between the county and cities in the Gwinnett Municipal Association. That settlement, among other things, mandated certain payments from the county to the cities and called…
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The $240,000 in funds will be used for installing, repairing and maintaining security cameras in county parks, parks facilities and other county buildings.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Gwinnett commissioners Tuesday (April 17) approved a contract to install new cameras in county parks to improve public safety. The $240,000 contract with GC&E Systems Inc. will cover installing and maintaining security cameras over the next year. Gwinnett Community Services Director Phil Hoskins explained that Parks and Recreation will use about $170,000 of the contract amount to install new security cameras in various parks, park facilities and county buildings. Support Services will use remaining funds for repair and maintain existing cameras. "We have not yet determined which parks where the new cameras will be installed," Hoskins said. Some parks have existing cameras. The SPLOST sales tax will pay for about two-thirds of the contract …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
In the annual State of the County address, Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash says it's been a strong team effort that has helped move county in a positive direction.
Some 500 came to hear Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash deliver the State of the County address on Wednesday at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth. Nash, who has been at the helm of the county for about a year after winning the chairman's seat in a special election in March 2011, was quick to point out that it was a team effort that has helped see the county through some of the toughest economic times in recent history. "It takes all of us working as a team to move the county in the right direction," said Nash. The chairman acknowledged the challenges of managing through the affects of the nation's recession. "It's tempting to see nothing but the obvious results of a worldwide economic downturn," said Nash …
Friday, January 20, 2012
By increasing fares, Gwinnett County Transit can avoid making cuts to transit service.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Gwinnett County Transit announced it will raise bus fares effective Jan. 30. The first increase since August 2008 is necessary because the cost to operate, maintain and fuel buses has risen over the years, according to Gwinnett Transit Director Phil Boyd. Effective Jan. 30, The cost for a regular cash fare will be $2.50 or $22.50 for a 10-ride ticket book and $180 for a monthly pass. Half-price fares are available for individuals over 65, persons with disabilities or who have Medicare cards. For more information, see the pdf that accompanies this article. Some of the higher expenses to operate the system must be passed along to transit customers, according to Boyd. The fare increase accomplishes Gwinnett’s goal that riders pay about a …
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Commissioners also make some appointments to a new I-85 advisory panel.
Updated 3:08 p.m., Jan. 3, 2012 Gwinnett County's elected leaders unanimously approved Tuesday afternoon a $1.3 billion budget for 2012 that does not require the use of reserve funds. Because of about $5 million in reductions identified since the planned budget was announced in November, the county does not need to dip into reserve funds to balance the budget, which was necessary in 2011. Gwinnett BOC Chairman Charlotte Nash issued "a hearty thank you" to county staff that made the final cuts. The budget planning process began with a revenue shortfall of over $30 million. Also Tuesday, commissioners created and made appointments to a Gwinnett County Policy Advisory Committee for the I-85 Alternative Analysis Study. Each of the …
Monday, September 19, 2011
Question and answer session with airport consultants scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will meet with airport consultants Infrastructure Management Group Inc. (IMG) on Tuesday, Sept. 20, to discuss the results of a study commissioned by Gwinnett County regarding the future of Briscoe Field. In a report released last month (see pdf), IMG made several recommendations to the county: The IMG report also noted several other critical issues including: The question and answer session will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners conference room, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville. The meeting is open to the public.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
District 3 commissioner Mike Beaudreau proposed substitute motion which does not limit commercialization.
Commercial service at Briscoe Field will remain an option for now. Last month, District 4 Commissioner John Heard proposed a resolution to remove commercial service from consideration at the Lawrenceville airport. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted April 19 to table the resolution in order to hold a public hearing for the purpose of gathering citizen input on the matter. Hundreds attended the April 28 meeting at 12Stone Church in which opponents to commercial service far outnumbered those in support. On May 3, before the commission voted on Heard’s resolution, District 3 Commissioner Mike Beaudreau proposed a substitute motion to direct staff to issue a request for proposals (RFPs) for privatization which could include …
Friday, April 29, 2011
Proposed commercialization/privatization of the airport has pitted neighbor against neighbor and divided the community.
Briscoe Field, the Lawrenceville airport whose uncertain future has pitted neighbor against neighbor and bitterly divided this community, was the topic of debate at a local church Thursday night. Gwinnett County Commissioners held a special called meeting at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville to allow citizens to weigh in on the issue of commercialization/privatization of the airport. Considering the setting, brotherly love was not overly abundant. With hundreds of attendees inside the beautiful and massive church, those wearing "No Airport Expansion" t-shirts and carrying "No Airport Expansion" signs outnumbered their opposition in large number. Each time a person supporting their cause spoke, the anti-expansion crowd burst into long and …
Friday, April 22, 2011
Public forum to be held at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville at 7 p.m. April 28.
A hearing to gather input from both sides regarding the possible commercialization of Briscoe Field will be held at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville. At its April 19 meeting, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted to table a resolution to remove commercial service as an option if Briscoe Field is privatized. The resolution was tabled until May 3 to allow time for a public hearing. Due to the high level of interest, commissioners have elected to hold the hearing at 12Stone due to the fact the church’s auditorium is larger than the one at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. A flyer distributed by Citizens for a Better Gwinnett (C4BG) describes the hearing as the “last chance for public input to stop commercial aircraft” …
R++ - One of the famous "Dacula Crew"
3:30 pm on Sunday, May 8, 2011
DB, I concur, let’s get the facts ... but that costs money if done correctly and since teachers are furloughed along with EMS staff, I believe those salaries should be restored before we spend ANY tax dollars on additional studies - otherwise our county staff are indirectly and unfairly paying for this “adventure”. So let’s do this in a uniformly conservative method. Please contact the Gwinnett … more ›