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(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 19, 2009) - Just over $4.5 million in federal stimulus and state funds is headed to Gwinnett after commissioners voted to accept five different grants on Tuesday.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 19, 2009) - More than 26,000 Gwinnett-based businesses soon will get a letter from the County's license and revenue office asking for compliance with a new state immigration law. The County is required to check the immigration status of all applicants for a business/occupation tax certificate, commonly called a business license.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 20, 2009) - Gwinnett County Chairman Charles Bannister and the Board of Commissioners together with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and other civic and business leaders are launching a community initiative called "Engage Gwinnett - Committee on the Future of Gwinnett County." Committee members will spend approximately six months looking at Gwinnett County's needs for current and future government services and proposing funding strategies to pay for them over the next five years.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 25, 2009) - Gwinnett's Department of Water Resources has received $18.5 million in federal stimulus funds to support three major wastewater projects according to Acting Director Lynn Smarr.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 25, 2009) - The first step in Gwinnett County's plan to eliminate more than 250 jobs in a major cost-saving effort resulted in 202 employees opting for retirement under an incentive offer. The vast majority, who are already eligible for retirement, will retire on or before Sept. 18. The remaining 33 are going on leave without pay until their retirement date.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 26, 2009) - Starting Aug. 29, the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center (GJAC) will be closed on weekends and holidays and at 10 p.m. most weekday evenings to reduce operating costs. It will be kept open as needed for public hearings, court activities or other scheduled events.

(Lawrenceville, Ga. August 28, 2009) Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner Katherine Meyer announced that property tax bills for 2009 have been mailed. Payment installment dates are October 15 and November 15.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 1, 2009) - The Gwinnett Board of Commissioners today approved an employment contract with Glenn P. Stephens as County Administrator to succeed Jock Connell, who is retiring at the end of this year. Stephens' appointment is effective immediately.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 1, 2009) - Gwinnett commissioners heard Tuesday that they have received almost $120 million so far from the $787 billion federal economic stimulus law, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) that became law last February.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 1, 2009) - Gwinnett's separately elected officials and Constitutional officers have agreed to $1.9 million in budget cuts to help commissioners balance the books for 2009. The Board accepted their recommendations on Tuesday and cautioned that another $11 million in cuts will be needed for next year. These cuts are consistent with reductions in budgets throughout the County.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 1, 2009) – All Gwinnett County government offices, with the exception of those operations required for the comfort and safety of the citizens of the County, will be closed Sept. 7 for the Labor Day holiday. All offices will resume regular working hours on Sept. 8.

(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.