A 350-foot section of the Pate Lake Wall at T.W. Briscoe Park will be repaired thanks to a Community Development Block Grant.
The wall has been in disrepair for some time and the grant will cover the $204,210 repairs by Bailey Construction & Landscaping LLC.
Three hundred feet of sidewalk will also be repaired during the course of the project.
The lake will be drained when the repairs take place. A timeline for the project has yet to be determined.
The Snellville Police Department is pleased to announce it has received a $95,096.06 grant from the
Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). These funds will continue to support the department’s Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (H.E.A.T.) unit.
The funds from the grant will help finance operating expenses and activity hours for the H.E.A.T. unit. The
goal of the H.E.A.T. unit will be to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities caused by impaired driving,
speeding, and unrestrained occupants.
The Snellville Police Department H.E.A.T. unit will participate in G.O.H.S. mobilizations and campaigns
such as Click It or Ticket, Operation Zero Tolerance as well as the G.O.H.S. Thunder Task Force
mobilizations. The H.E.A.T. unit will also partner with regional local traffic enforcement networks to further
combat impaired and aggressive driving on local roadways.
“The Snellville Police Department is excited to continue our partnership with the Governor’s Office of
Highway Safety. The grant will enable us to increase our enforcement efforts allowing us to impact impaired
driving, distracted driving, speeding and other serious traffic offenses occurring in our city. This will help us
achieve our goal to significantly reduce injuries and fatalities resulting from these violations while improving
the safety on our roadways for the motoring public,” said SPD Chief Greg Perry.
The grant year for this award runs through Oct. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2023.
For more information on the Snellville Police Department H.E.A.T. grant award, contact Cpt. Zach Spahr at
770-985-3548 or zspahr@snellville.org. For more information on GOHS and its other highway safety
programs visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.
SNELLVILLE — In an effort to safely discard unused and expired medication, there will be a Drug Enforcement Agency Drug Take Back hosted by the Snellville Police Department Oct. 29.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Snellville Police Department, 2315 Wisteria Drive.
Participants can drive or walk up and drop discarded medication into the drop boxes. Medication may be left in its original containers with or without the labels as all items discarded are burned.
Please do not bring needles or sharp objects for disposal.
Contact Lt. A. Sullivan at asullivan@snellville.org or 770-985-3555 for more information.
REQUEST FOR SEALED BID
RESURFACING & PAVING FOR FY 2022-2023
Bid No. PW220922
September 21, 2022
The City of Snellville is soliciting competitive bids from qualified vendors for the resurfacing and
paving of City Roads for FY 2022-2023.
SNELLVILLE — City officials, including Mayor and Council, will take part in diversity training headed up by the Georgia Municipal Association.
The program, led by GMA Director of Equity and Inclusion Freddie Broome, is called EMBRACE and focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion.
According to the GMA website, “the EMBRACE webinar series emboldens, educates and nurtures employees, member cities, business and community organizations to embrace differences and encourage belonging by fostering relationships to advocate community engagement, equity and inclusion for the betterment of all.”
“Often people think it’s a program about race or gender,” Broome said. “Our EMBRACE program is so much more than that. It’s about making people aware of different cultures, the differences that are in their community whether its race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, sexual orientation. At the end of the day we are all different and we have to find a way to (determine) how we bring those differences together to make our community stronger.”
NOTICE OF BID PW220824
FOR
CONTRACT FOR REPAIR OF STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
Wednesday August 24, 2022
The City of Snellville (City) is soliciting competitive sealed bids from qualified contractors to provide all
labor and materials required for the repair of Storm Water Drainage Systems and related infrastructure,
including pipe of various sizes and materials, catch basins, headwalls, curb and road restoration, erosion
controls, seeding/sodding, rip rap, etc, with related tie-ins and appurtenances at ten (10) locations, within
the city limits of Snellville, Georgia 30078.
Please visit our bid page for more information.
SNELLVILLE — Residents will be asked in November to vote on whether they want the city to issue licenses to businesses for package sales of alcohol.
Mayor and Council approved a measure to put the following question on the ballot Nov. 8: “Shall the governing authority of the City of Snellville, Georgia be authorized to issue licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits within the city limits of the City of Snellville?” Residents will be asked to vote “yes” or “no.”
This Special Election will be held in the Snellville City Hall Community Room, located at 2342 Oak Road. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
If approved, Mayor and Council will determine the process of awarding liquor licenses through a new local ordinance including the number of licenses to be awarded. When stores will be able to sell liquor will also be determined in the new law.
Advance voting will be held Monday through Saturday, beginning Oct. 17, 2022 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at Snellville City Hall. Advance voting ends at 5 p.m. Nov. 4.
The voter registration deadline for this Special Election is Oct. 11. This is the last day a person may register to vote in the Special Election.
The City of Snellville Police Department is looking for participants for the 32nd session of the Citizens’ Police Academy.
The popular class is designed to strengthen the bond of friendship and cooperation between citizens and the police department.
The six-week class takes place from 6-8 p.m., Sept. 15 and ends Oct 20. Classes take place at SPD headquarters, 2315 Wisteria Drive.
The program helps citizens gain a better understanding of the risks and responsibilities of officers. Some of the classes included in this training are Domestic Violence, Traffic Stops, Building Searches, Special Response Team and K-9 units. This program also includes a ride along program with a Snellville police officer.
Notarized applications must be returned no later than 5 p.m., Sept. 2.
You will be notified via e-mail or phone call, as to the status of your application.
If you have any questions or concerns contact SPD Sgt. Scott Smith at ssmith@snellville.org
The application can be found here: https://www.snellville.org/sites/default/files/uploads/police/scpa-appl…
SNELLVILLE — Two new sidewalk projects totaling 8,100 linear feet are planned for Pinehurst Road and Skyland Drive.
A well-attended public information open house took place July 11, kicking off the projects which will improve student safety near South Gwinnett High School and pedestrian safety on Pinehurst Road.
“Mayor and Council, headed by councilmembers Gretchen Schulz, Cristy Lenski and Tod Warner, mapped out future sidewalk needs for the city,” said City Manager Butch Sanders. “This is the first step in completing the whole plan. More sidewalks will be added in the future to provide our residents a very attractive amenity which raises property values and increases pedestrian safety.”
The Skyland Drive portion of the project calls for new sidewalks on the north side of Skyland Drive from just south of the intersection of Skyland Drive and Eldorado Place, where the sidewalk currently ends, to the intersection of Skyland Drive and Rockdale Circle. That portion totals 2,800 linear feet. The Pinehurst Road portion of the project calls for new sidewalks on the north side of Pinehurst Road from just south of the intersection of Pinehurst Road and North Road, where the sidewalk currently ends to the existing sidewalk near the entrance into Saddlebrook subdivision.
The $1.7 million project will be funded with American Rescue Plan Act funds. Following face-to-face meetings with homeowner’s along the proposed sidewalks to obtain temporary easements, construction could begin in spring of 2023 and be completed by early 2024, according to project engineer Lawrence K. Kaiser, president of Collaborative Infrastructure Services, Inc.
There will be another public information open house in the fall, Kaiser said.
The City of Snellville will be 100 years old next year and city officials are looking to celebrate in a big way.
A committee has been formed to commemorate the 100 years since the city charter was put in place in 1923.
City staff, Snellville Tourism and Trade and the Snellville Historical Society are teaming up to celebrate Snellville’s centennial with events, merchandise and more.
Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available and get ready to celebrate 100 years of Snellville!