Gwinnett County officials got something unusual on Wednesday: a budget public hearing where no one got up to speak about items in the countyâs proposed budget. But that doesnât mean they wonât necessarily hear from the public on the budget.
Although the only public hearing scheduled on the $1.91 billion proposed budget has come and gone, residents will be able to continue submitting written feedback through the end of this month. The cutoff for written public comment is Dec. 31.
âWeâve been providing the online mechanism for providing comments and certainly comments that are sent by email to the staff or to the commissioners will be fed into the overall package of information about comments that are received from the public,â Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said during the hearing. âThis (hearing) is not only way to provide comments.â