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Lilburn’s annual Christmas Parade will kick off this Saturday, December 5th, 2009 at 10:00 AM. The parade begins at Main and Church Street and ends in Lilburn City Park at approximately 2:00 PM.

Visit LilburnParade.org for more information.

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Aaron Bovos, Gwinnett County Chief Financial Officer (CFO), stood before an Engage Gwinnett committee and stated that the just approved 21 percent, 2.28 millage rate increase is considered a “one-time revenue” and that “It is absolutely critical that we put it to good use.”

Bovos continued by saying that the county has accrued $300 million in pension liabilities that have yet to be funded. So, Bovos and his staff are in the process of considering a recommendation to use the entire $50 million + that will be collected as a result of the increase to fund this pension liability.

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has to vote on the allocation of tax revenues, but an actuarial study has already been commissioned to determine the impact of using the tax increase to fund the pensions.

Sources:
• Engage Gwinnett
• The Gwinnett Daily Post

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1. BG Says:
   December 5th, 2009 at 9:44 AM

   Really, at what point does it become appropriate to march on Lawrenceville with pitchforks and torches?

   I’ve heard recall buzz, anything to it?

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The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2010 budget on Thursday, December 10, at 7:00pm in the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center auditorium, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville. The public is invited to make either oral or written comments on the budget at the hearing. The Board of Commissioners is expected to make its final determination on the fiscal year 2010 budget during its regularly scheduled meeting on January 5, 2010.

The 2010 budget proposal outlines a countywide budget of $1.323 billion, down $387 million from the $1.71 billion budget adopted last March for fiscal year 2009. The five-year capital budget calls for $1.2 billion for capital improvements over the years 2011 through 2015.

Commission Chairman Charles Bannister said, “This proposed budget continues to be fiscally responsible, very conservative, and reflective of the dramatic cuts in departmental budgets that occurred in 2009. It also anticipates significant drops in Gwinnett property values while balancing the need for service with the economic struggles of our residents.” The budget is based on the same millage rate of 13.25 mills that the Board adopted for 2009.

The complete budget document is available for public access at the Department of Financial Services, also at 75 Langley Drive, from 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday and is available online at www.gwinnettcounty.com.

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The Gwinnett County 21 percent, 2.28 millage rate increase will generate more than $50 million in revenue for 2009. This is how the money is set to be allocated:

• $18.7 million: for existing deficit and to offset predicted decline in commercial tax digest
• $15.7 million: public safety (includes adding police and fire personnel)
• $10.8 million: courts and constitutional offices
• $4.8 million: recreation
• $2.3 million: corrections, support services and transportation (primarily mowing of rights of way)
• $1.8 million: libraries (includes operating all branches from 48 to 52 hours per week)

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The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved a 21 percent, 2.28 millage rate increase by a 4-to-1 vote. Mike Beaudreau was the only commissioner to vote against the measure.

More than 400 citizens filled the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center auditorium with approximately two dozen making comment in the public hearing that preceded the vote.

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1. CorinthHills.org Says:
   December 1st, 2009 at 10:27 PM

   Always worth mentioning:
   - Gwinnett stadium deal (part 1) $40 million. - Negotiation in complete secrecy. No public hearings, no public input.
   - Gwinnett stadium deal (part 2) $24 million. - Cost overruns. Didn’t think it through the first time. There was however a public hearing,…. no public input allowed, but it was public. What’s the point?…
   - Two lawsuits pending ($40 million each) regarding the Gwinnett BoC and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful and government sanctioned garbage pickup. In reality this means we’re going to be spending double what we were spending before for garbage.
   - Overpayment for land acquisitions with questionable circumstances. These deals are currently being investigated by a special grand jury.

   I’m not opposed to paying taxes as long as the money is spent wisely and ethically. Someone convince me that our BoC is going to spend any new money better than they spent the old.

   Gwinnett County is on record - as reported by the GDP - as saying that the stadium would pay for itself “from day one”. Not so much, huh.

   There is a lot of gray area open for arguing which services should be cut to make up for the poor decisions of our BoC, but there is no arguing why we’re currently in the economic situation we’re in.

   BTW - I see that others are commenting on the reduction of their property assessments. My property assessments went up 3 times in roughly 10 years and has not gone down. My “real” property value is approximately 60 - 70% of what it is curently assessed by Gwinnett County and from what I gather from the Gwinnett County website I can’t even begin the process of rectifying the issue before January 1st of next year.

2. BG Says:
   December 2nd, 2009 at 8:54 AM

   GWINNETT COUNTY PROPERTY ASSESSMENT x MILLAGE RATE = TAX BILL.

   There is no way that the county can raise your property value assessments right now so they hop to the other side of the mathematical and political equation and raise the millage rate.

   There is always a way for county government to raise your property taxes and the ONLY way to keep the process in check is to vote better people into office and/or boot the bad ones out of office.

3. fwy545 Says:
   December 2nd, 2009 at 10:17 AM

   Sorry I don’t have a lot of factual data to provide, but this just stinks. We’re made to suffer because the Board of Crooks isn’t responsible with our tax dollars.

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(Lawrenceville, Ga., Dec. 1, 2009) - The volunteers who serve on Engage Gwinnett, the citizens committee on the future of Gwinnett County, will meet again on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Gwinnett Center in Duluth. The initiative aims to involve and engage the community in county budget decision-making.

The 40-member citizens committee created last September has formed smaller work groups to study specific service areas. The full committee meets every two weeks to hear from elected officials, County staff and local residents during a six-month process. All meetings are open to the public.

In April 2010, the group will make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners on desired services, service levels and revenues for the next five years. The initiative is a partnership between county government and the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. Volunteer leaders Mike Levengood of McKenna Long & Aldridge and Bill McCargo, formerly with CISCO Systems, co-chair the committee. Engage Gwinnett seeks common ground, workable solutions and compromises as necessary for the greater good of the community to help guide the County government through the recession and its aftermath.

The process will include at least 12 full committee meetings and three public forums. Video coverage, meeting materials and more information are available online at www.engagegwinnett.com and at www.gwinnettcounty.com and on TVgwinnett, cable channel 23. Engage Gwinnett also has Facebook and Twitter links.

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Tonight, Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 7:00 PM, there will be a public hearing on the proposed millage rate increase followed immediately by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners vote.

The public hearing will take place in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.

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The December “Meetings with Mike” will held on Saturday the 12th from Noon until 1:30 PM at Summit Chase Country Club, 3197 Classic Drive in Snellville from Noon until 1:30 PM.

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- “In order to make county government more accessible to its citizens, Mike meets with district residents on the second Saturday of each month.“

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