The Gwinnett Docket
What Gwinnett County, GA — Board of Commissioners votes on, in plain English — every figure verified against the original agenda before it's sent.
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The Gwinnett Docket: Public Hearing, 2026-09-22
Staff says yes. The Planning Commission says no. The board gets to break the tie on a nearly 7-acre rezoning that would turn residential land into a shopping center.
The Gwinnett Docket: Work Session, 2026-09-15
The traffic signal contract is already at $11.5M. The county wants to bump it to $14.75M this year, then set the 2027 ceiling at $16.25M.
The Gwinnett Docket: Work Session, 2026-09-01
The animal shelter renovation that started at $4.5M is now heading toward $10M, and commissioners haven't even finished their coffee.
The Gwinnett Docket: Reader Followup, 2026-08-28
Someone on r/Gwinnett put the number at roughly 2.5 million dollars (2024-0353, 2025-1115, 2024-0804) this month, tied to license plate readers countywide. We spent an afternoon in five separate Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners agendas and minutes checking where that number
The Gwinnett Docket: Public Hearing, 2026-08-25
Monday's meeting is almost entirely zoning. Eight land-use cases, a new overlay district, and then a few contracts tucked in at the end.
The Gwinnett Docket: Business Session, 2026-08-18
Property tax appeals are quietly taking over this agenda. The county wants seven additional Boards of Equalization and is also switching hearing officers to an hourly rate, both on the same consent agenda.
The Gwinnett Docket: Work Session, 2026-08-18
The county is asking the Grand Jury to stand up seven new Boards of Equalization for tax year 2026. That's going from one board to eight, all at once, to handle what's clearly a backlog of property tax appeals.
The Gwinnett Docket: Work Session, 2026-08-04
Four employee benefit contracts get decided Tuesday: health insurance, dental, life insurance, and family planning, all on one agenda.