I'm Katherine Meyer. As your elected Tax Commissioner, my goal is to provide you with excellent service by continually improving our website to give you the information and tools you need. As you browse our new site, you’ll see a fresh design and navigational scheme, along with improved functionality, including the ability to pay your property taxes online – in real time. I hope you’ll find it easy to use and that you quickly find the information you’re looking for. 

This year I’m proud to celebrate my 25th year as your Gwinnett Tax Commissioner. My office is staffed by an exceptional group of people dedicated to serving the citizens of Gwinnett County. We are extremely proud of how we operate and welcome your comments and suggestions on how we can do even better. I’m always happy to hear from you at taxcommissioner@gwinnettcounty.com. 

Tax Commissioner’s 2009 Quality Awards Dinner

The Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner’s Office held the annual Quality Awards Dinner on June 11, 2009, at Central Gwinnett High School. The ceremony recognized employees that have excelled in work quality and performance. This year’s theme was 1985 – The Dawn of a Quarter Century of Service Excellence, honoring Katherine Meyer’s 25 years of service as Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner.

The OTC Quality Council, an employee run workplace improvement group, presented an award to Debra Kennedy for submitting the most ideas approved for implementation.

Employee of the Year Awards:

Administration – Doris Davis
Lawrenceville Tag office – Rhonda Williams
Peachtree Corners Tag office – Karen Hunt
Snellville Tag office – Betty Hayes
North Gwinnett Tag office– Victoria Offor
Dealer, Mail and Fleet – Elva Trevino
Property Tax (Customer Service) – Connie Davis
Property Tax (Accounting, Delinquent, Homestead) –
Bill Harper
Property Tax (Central Services) – Nancy Cogswell
Business Services – Daphne Burnett

Leadership and Excellence Award Winners:

Leader of Tomorrow: Nancy Cogswell
Leader of the Year: Denise Mitchell
Katherine L. Meyer Excellence Award: Jeff Hankins

Jeff Hankins (center) is presented with the Katherine L. Meyer Excellence Award by Tax Commissioner Katherine Meyer (left) and Chief Deputy Jerry Kemp.

Service anniversaries were also recognized from the past year.
5 years – Andrew Vickery and Ruth Harry
10 years – Denise Mitchell and Elva Trevino
15 years – Lori Hernandez
25 years – Nancy Ross
40 years – Betty Cole 

Gwinnett County voters originally elected Katherine Meyer as tax commissioner in 1984. She is currently serving her seventh consecutive four-year term. Katherine is proud to be the first woman elected Tax Commissioner and one of the first two women elected to a county-wide office in Gwinnett’s history.

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The Tax Commissioner is an elected Constitutional Officer responsible for every phase of collecting property taxes, from processing property homestead exemption applications through preparation of the digest, billing, accounting, and disbursements.

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