Platform

Ben Archer

Always remain approachable to residents, businesses, and employees alike, offering reachable and trustworthy representation

Support and strengthen programs that build community and educate on county services like Gwinnett’s citizens academies

Promote and continue to fund our incredible amenities where communities come together and thrive, like parks, community centers, green spaces, and trails

Seek partnerships with vetted, efficient non-profit and private organizations to address our community’s social concerns, such as homelessness and substance abuse

- Always remain approachable to residents, businesses, and employees alike, offering reachable and trustworthy representation
- Support and strengthen programs that build community and educate on county services like Gwinnett’s citizens academies
- Promote and continue to fund our incredible amenities where communities come together and thrive, like parks, community centers, green spaces, and trails
- Seek partnerships with vetted, efficient non-profit and private organizations to address our community’s social concerns, such as homelessness and substance abuse

Administration

Attract and retain the best public safety job candidates, those with integrity and a heart to serve, through competitive pay, benefits, and training

Cultivate strong ties between our community and their public safety departments

Address metro-Atlanta’s illegal sex trafficking industry in Gwinnett through awareness, partnerships, and enforcement. Emphasize quality of life as a priority through code enforcement to maintain Gwinnett standards and values

Keep Gwinnett’s public safety departments as sought-after places to build a career

- Attract and retain the best public safety job candidates, those with integrity and a heart to serve, through competitive pay, benefits, and training
- Cultivate strong ties between our community and their public safety departments
- Address metro-Atlanta’s illegal sex trafficking industry in Gwinnett through awareness, partnerships, and enforcement. - Emphasize quality of life as a priority through code enforcement to maintain Gwinnett standards and values
- Keep Gwinnett’s public safety departments as sought-after places to build a career

Public Safety

Apply his commonsense, practical life approach to decisions that affect Gwinnett’s businesses while listening to resident input

Maintain the county’s excellent triple AAA bond rating through conservative and financially responsible decision-making

Strive to keep tax burdens competitive and reasonable for funding Gwinnett’s essential functions

Welcome investments and developments from private entities

Continue the practice of fostering competitive government contracts

Keep relationships with Atlanta Regional Commission

Seek input from Gwinnett’s own Office of Economic Development, the public-private initiative of Partnership Gwinnett, and Chamber of Commerce

- Apply his commonsense, practical life approach to decisions that affect Gwinnett’s businesses while listening to resident input
- Maintain the county’s excellent triple AAA bond rating through conservative and financially responsible decision-making
- Strive to keep tax burdens competitive and reasonable for funding Gwinnett’s essential functions
- Welcome investments and developments from private entities
- Continue the practice of fostering competitive government contracts
- Keep relationships with Atlanta Regional Commission
- Seek input from Gwinnett’s own Office of Economic Development, the public-private initiative of Partnership Gwinnett, and Chamber of Commerce

Economy

Raising awareness and communication about available programs, classes, and resources through Gwinnett’s Department of Community Services

Bolstering Gwinnett as a safe and diverse place to raise a family so more people will use the educational opportunities offered through the taxes they already pay

Inviting dialogue with our county’s board of education elected members and school system officials

- Raising awareness and communication about available programs, classes, and resources through Gwinnett’s Department of Community Services
- Bolstering Gwinnett as a safe and diverse place to raise a family so more people will use the educational opportunities offered through the taxes they already pay
- Inviting dialogue with our county’s board of education elected members and school system officials

Education

Intentional improvements to our existing infrastructure

Cost-effective and equally fair options that benefit all residents

Private-entity solutions who have vested interest in providing our residents with quality, innovative, customer-centric options

Pursue transit plans that will not burden future generations with high investment costs while offering small returns

- Intentional improvements to our existing infrastructure
- Cost-effective and equally fair options that benefit all residents
- Private-entity solutions who have vested interest in providing our residents with quality, innovative, customer-centric options
- Pursue transit plans that will not burden future generations with high investment costs while offering small returns

Transportation & Infrastructure

Matt Dereimer

The County Board of Commissioners is the legislative branch of your county government. That means they pass laws, much like your state legislature or city council; howver, they do so at the county level. Legislation passed by the Board of Commissioners usually focuses on issues that are more local, such as housing, zoning, infrastructure, public transit, taxes, and (more recently) mask mandates.

Impacts roads, public transit, zoning, and taxes