Clayton County Launches Infrastructure Upgrades
Expected to Save Nearly $575,000 Annually
- Ceremony Initiates Energy-Saving Improvements -

Beginning this month Clayton County will begin infrastructure upgrades to its buildings anticipated to improve its annual budget by nearly $575,000.

The county expects the renovations to save $361,000 in annual utility costs and to generate $213,000 in annual carbon credit revenues. The energy-saving plan offers the added benefits of improving the comfort and productivity of county employees and reducing the county’s environmental impact. The upgrades are scheduled for seven county facilities and the county landfill.

Clayton County Administrators participate in signing ceremony for $575,000 energy savings plan for county. Download Press Release (pdf)

Clayton County Web Site Earns A+ from Sunshine Review

Sunshine Review is a collaborative project that acts as a customer service hot-line for government transparency and accountability. It helps people evaluate if their government web sites proactively and voluntarily disclose information to the public and media.

"The citizens of Clayton County should be proud the county commissioners responded so quickly to Sunshine Review's transparency checklist and is now providing essential public information online,"  said Kristin McMurray, Senior Editor of Sunshine Review. "The citizens and taxpayers are well served by Clayton's outstanding example to state and local governments throughout the United States."

View the complete evaluation of the Clayton County Web Site by Sunshine Review.