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(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.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 8, 2009) - The Gwinnett County Water and Sewerage Authority in conjunction with Gwinnett County Government sold $260 million worth of revenue bonds on Wednesday. The proceeds of this bond sale will be used to refinance variable rate debt that was issued in 2004 and provide $150 million of new bond funding for capital projects.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 9, 2009) - Two former Gwinnett County officials who retired last month have contracted to work with the County on a temporary basis. The two will work on an hourly, as-needed basis, as requested by the County Administrator, to assist on two specific projects.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 20, 2009) - The second meeting of Engage Gwinnett, the citizens committee on the future of Gwinnett County, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Room 5 ABC at Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 21, 2009) - Gwinnett County Department of Transportation has launched a website and is inviting individuals to participate in a Citizens Advisory Group for the Ronald Reagan Parkway Extension project. The project has been proposed to relieve the severe traffic congestion currently experienced in the southwest area of Gwinnett County, and especially to improve the accessibility to Interstate 85.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 22, 2009) - Gwinnett County District 3 Commissioner Mike Beaudreau's next monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Harbins Park Pavilion, 2995 Luke Edwards Road in Dacula. The commissioner will meet with constituents from 10 a.m. to noon.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., October 22, 2009) - The FEMA/GEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) located at the Mountain Park Depot at 5050 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lilburn will close Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Emergency officials urge residents to visit the center before Friday to meet one-on-one with specialists to register with FEMA to receive federal assistance for flood damages.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 28, 2009) - Lynn Smarr with the Gwinnett Department of Water Resources announced today that the new 12-foot diameter, three-mile long No Business Creek tunnel in southern Gwinnett County has "holed through." This means that the tunnel-boring machine, which started at the No Business Creek pump station site, drilled through to the end shaft at the Jacks Creek Water Reclamation Facility site.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 29, 2009) - Gwinnett County continued to trim its workforce today with the implementation of a reduction in force in the Planning and Development Department. The elimination of 19 staff positions comes as the result of a business realignment necessitated by a significant decrease in workload and revenues related to the ever-shrinking volume of development.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 23, 2009) - Gwinnett County officials today outlined a proposal that would restore some of the spending reductions made earlier this year to the county's public safety, parks and recreation and social services programs. The new proposal would be funded by a 2.28-mill increase in county property taxes.