Lilburn City Council to Meet Tuesday on SDS Agreement With County

Lilburn's city council will meet Tuesday night to vote on an agreement with the county on the multi-year dollar Service Delivery Strategy (SDS).

On the agenda for Tuesday's special, called meeting is a "resolution to approve Consent Order, Joint Resolutions, Intergovernmental Agreements and to authorize execution and attestation of documents" according to an email from city hall. 

The city will not be part of the joint Police Service District, according to the resolution, councilman Scott Batterton said, because the city has its own police department.

Other cities, including Loganville, Suwanee and Snellville, have called meetings tomorrow that may end the years-long dispute with the county over SDS.

The disagreement dates to 2009, when the county sued cities in the Gwinnett Municipal Association (GwMA). At issue is whether the cities should pay the county for services they do not use, such as police. The disputed amount is in excess of $10 million.

The Board Of Commissioners is scheduled to have a regular business meeting Tuesday in Lawrenceville.

(Editor's note: Patch Editors Steve Burns, Joy L. Woodson and Sharon Swanepoel contributed to this article.)