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Gwinnett County adopts $2.67 billion FY2025 budget, increases library subsidy

2133425 · January 7, 2025
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Summary

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the fiscal year 2025 operating, capital and grants budgets totaling $2.67 billion, including a $1.2 million increase to the county library subsidy and staffing additions tied to department reorganizations.

Chairwoman Hendrickson and the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 7 to adopt the county's fiscal year 2025 operating, capital and grants budgets totaling $2.67 billion.

The budget package, presented to the board by Russell Royal, acting director of Financial Services, included a $2.1 billion operating budget and a $555 million capital budget. Royal said the proposal also reflects personnel actions and reorganizations since the budget's November publication, and incorporates positions tied to the creation of a Department of Parks and Recreation and a new Office of Strategic Management and Budget.

Why it matters: The adopted plan sets county spending priorities and funding levels for the year ahead, affects staffing across departments and commits county funds to capital…

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