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(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 3, 2009) - Engage Gwinnett, the Citizens Committee for the Future of Gwinnett County, is looking for 10 residents willing to spend time over the next six months listening to lots of information about county government and demographic and economic trends, sharing ideas and helping guide the Board of Commissioners actions' as they make decisions about service levels and funding sources.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 8, 2009) - Gwinnett County District 3 Commissioner Mike Beaudreau's next monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Lakeview Clubhouse conference room at 1669 Hamilton Mill Parkway in Dacula instead of Harbins Park Pavilion. The commissioner will meet with constituents from 10 a.m. to noon.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 9, 2009) - On Tuesday, Gwinnett County received an order to hold state sanctions in abeyance while the County and city governments continue to litigate their service delivery dispute. The order, requested by the County, was granted by the judge presiding over the litigation. The current 10-year strategy, as set forth in state legislation that became effective in 1999, expired Feb. 28. Missing the deadline for a new 10-year strategy with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs placed Gwinnett and each of its cities in an "unqualified status." The sanctions resulting from the unqualified status could have resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in state-administered financial assistance, grants, loans or permits to Gwinnett County and Gwinnett's cities.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 14, 2009) - District 4 Commissioner Kevin Kenerly will present a resolution of recognition to Marine Cpl. Charles Allen Leak during a meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. in the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center Auditorium, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 15, 2009) - Commissioners voted on Tuesday to accept $7.3 million in federal stimulus funds through the U.S. Department of Energy. Gwinnett is one of 2,300 counties, cities, states, and Indian tribes in the nation that will share a total of $3.2 billion in Energy Efficiency and Conservation block grants, which are funded this year by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was passed by Congress earlier this year.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 15, 2009) - County Administrator Glenn Stephens has named Bill Myers as Gwinnett's new fire chief effective Sept. 19. Myers, a 26-year veteran of the County's Fire and Emergency Services Department, replaces Steve Rolader, who retires on Friday after 33 years with the County. The Board of Commissioners approved Myers' appointment during the Tuesday business session. Myers will oversee a department of 800 employees. His annual salary will be $135,000.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 17, 2009) - Gwinnett County has filed a notice of appeal in response to the July 17, 2009, decision of Judge Paul Magnuson in the Jacksonville, Fla., District Court on the long-running "Water Wars" cases in which Gwinnett County is a party. Summarized, the judge ruled that if no congressional resolution is reached in three years, Gwinnett County must cease taking water for drinking and fire protection purposes from Lake Lanier.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., September 17, 2009) Now that Gwinnett citizens have received their 2009 temporary tax bills, the Tax Commissioner is receiving a large number of calls and emails from citizens with questions about their bills, property assessments, school tax, millage rates and more.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 21, 2009) - Flooding has topped the electrical motor controls for the pump station that takes in untreated wastewater at Gwinnett County's Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility near Lilburn, keeping the plant from treating wastewater until the water recedes. In the meantime, the Department of Water Resources is diverting as much of the wastewater as possible to other facilities," according to Acting Director Lynn Smarr.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 22, 2009) - An inmate from the Gwinnett County Department of Corrections escaped from a work detail today at 1:15p.m. The inmate is identified as Perry Bernard Williams of Marietta, Georgia. He is described as a black male, 27 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 150 pounds, black hair and brown eyes.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 23, 2009) - Gwinnett officials have opened an emergency call center and have posted flood-related information including road closings, damage reporting and advice from emergency management staff on the County's website, www.gwinnettcounty.com.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 25, 2009) - Fourteen dams in Gwinnett built in the 1970s to reduce floodplains on what was once agricultural land worked as intended during this week's 100-year frequency rainfall event, holding back billions of gallons of potential floodwater. Steve Leo, the County's stormwater manager, said eight of the Category 1 dams were recently upgraded to meet new state and federal safety standards.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 28, 2009) - When a motorist's 1995 Chevrolet Caprice fell into a sinkhole on West Liddell Road near Satellite Boulevard early last Saturday morning, no one knew when it might get pulled out. Gwinnett DOT had closed the road with barrels and warning tape after flooding made it dangerous, but someone moved them according to a report the driver gave police who responded. The next morning, the driver discovered vandals had gotten into the car, smashed the windows, ripped the seats and stolen speakers from the rear deck, according to another police report. A pedestrian reported seeing people around the car at about 4 a.m. Sunday morning.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 30, 2009) - In the midst of record floods, the County's Department of Water Resources reported on its water conservation measures last week. Gwinnett's popular toilet rebate program has helped replace more than 2,770 pre-1993 model toilets, saving more than 16 million gallons of water since March 2008.

WHAT: Media representatives are invited to tour the Disaster Recovery Center located in Gwinnett County. GEMA, FEMA and Gwinnett Emergency Management officials will provide information about the process for flood victims to apply for disaster relief assistance.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 6, 2009) - When Gwinnett County issues about $270 million in new revenue bonds for water and sewer improvements soon, it will get the low-interest benefits of AAA ratings thanks to new credit assessments from Standard and Poor's, Moody's Investor Services and Fitch Ratings. The County's overall credit rating remained AAA with a stable outlook as reported by the ratings agencies early this week.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 6, 2009) - Gwinnett County took a big step toward revitalizing older areas of the county Tuesday when commissioners approved redevelopment plans and the formation of five tax allocation districts, also known as TADs. Under state law, counties can issue development bonds for specified redevelopment areas to be paid back from increased tax revenues from those areas as they are improved. The funds can be used for both public and private facilities and infrastructure improvements within the tax allocation district.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 6, 2009) - Gwinnett County Commissioner Kevin Kenerly today called on county staff to find out how much money it would take to restore the public safety and community services that were eliminated from the budget this year. "It has become crystal clear to me in recent weeks that we are cutting badly-needed programs - services our residents rely on - and that those cuts are hurting families," said Kenerly.