Senoia

residents will get an update Monday night on the status

of the mediation between the city and Coweta County over

an annexation dispute.

The dispute

revolves around a 55-acre tract for single-famliy homes

on Rockhouse Road that the city recently attempted to

annex. Under House Bill 489, adopted last year by the

state General Assembly, cities and counties have to work

closer in handling annexation questions.

When Coweta

County learned of the proposal, officials filed an

objection based on lot size. The minimum lot size in the

county is 1.6 acres, while Senoia's minimum lot size is

one acre.

The county

asked the city to require that any lots bordering county

property be at least 1.6 acres in size, and also allow

the county's planning department to sign off on the

developer's final plat for the project.

At the June

7 council meeting, Mayor Joan Trammell said she could

live with some of the county's requests, but felt that

city staff are capable of evaluating plats and can do the

job without county officials monitoring it.

Trammell's

comments were sent back to the Coweta County Board of

Commissioners and the mayor is set to brief the council

with the latest facts on the issue.

Another

interesting item on Monday's agenda is the payment of an

invoice from 21st Century Coweta. At the June 7 meeting,

Trammell instructed city attorney Kemp Wright to find out

whether the city had committed to a four-year contract

with the industrial recruiting agency.

The mayor

said she wanted all the facts before she made a

recommendation to the council.

The

industrial recruitment agaency ahs come under heavy fire

in the last few months from county leaders and Trammell

want to know what the city is receiving from the group

for its yearly dues before she pays the bill.

The Council

meets Monday night at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

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