Tyrone

Councilman Ronnie Cannon's recent charge that Fayette

County has shortchanged the town $300,000 in services

left some of the county's leaders wondering where Cannon

received his information.

Late last

week, Cannon released a memo from Tyrone town manager

Barry Amos that shows the exact areas the town would like

to receive more in services from the county.

The memo,

dated March 29, was addressed to Tyrone Councilman Paul

Letourneau, who questioned whether the town was getting

its fair share from the county.

In his

memo, Amos explained he evaluated the town's share of

services by dividing the county's operating budget by the

number of citizens in Fayette County.

To

determine how much Tyrone should be getting in services,

Amos multiplied the return per citizen by the town's

population.

Amos

figured the town should be receiving $1.18 million in

services from the county, but receives only a little over

$872,000.

"I'm

not asking for Peachtree City's or Fayetteville's share;

I just want our fair share," Cannon said.

The biggest

lack of services is in the public works department,

according to Amos. He calculated that the town should be

receiving $275,667 in services, but currently only

receives about $89,400.

Cannon can

believe the figures. He said the county recently repaved

Briarwood Road. The town waited for the county to come

back and finish the work, but ultimately had to contract

the work out to another company.

"We

had to get a contract for work the county should have

already done," he said.

If the

county doesn't want to supply the services, Cannon

suggests the county give Tyrone its money back.

"We

can bid these services out and we'll let the county bid

on them just like everybody else," he said.

Amos's

report also indicates the town is being shortchanged

about $45,000 a year in recreational services.

After

hearing county administrator Billy Beckett say county

officials had done a lot of upgrades to Shamrock park

before deeding it back to Tyrone, Cannon expressed

surprise.

"They

didn't walk that property with me to see what needed to

be done. The only thing I'm aware of they did was upgrade

to the Americans with Disabilities Act standards, which

they would have had to do anyway," he said.

Cannon said

he is frustrated with the lack of services being supplied

to Tyrone and would like to see the system changed.

"Why

are the people being taxed for services they're not

receiving?" he asked.

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