A committee

of ten - four developers or builders and six

non-developers - will study Fayette County's need

for future services and facilities and look for a way to

get new developments to pay some of the cost.

County

commissioners last week reversed an earlier decision to

name nine members, choosing ten instead so that a state

requirement that such committees have a 60-40 mix of

non-developers and developers could be met with round

numbers.

The group

is charged with making recommendations to the

commissioners concerning impact fees, which are charged

to developers, in addition to ordinary taxes, to help

defray the cost of additional services and facilities

made necessary by their developments.

State law

that enables counties to charge impact fees requires that

the committee determine the actual cost to the county of

new development and the actual cost of planned capital

improvements.

The county

is then allowed to charge developers fees that cover the

portion of those improvements brought about by the

developments, with existing taxpayers picking up the rest

of the bill.

Choosing

from a list of 17 volunteers, commissioners named the

following:

Developers - Michael Rosetti ,

president of Ravin Homes; Steve Enterkin , owner of

Steve Enterkin Homes Inc. and Enterkin and Associates

real estate brokers; Rosemary Beebe , associate

broker for Re/Max All Stars Inc.; Derryll Anderson ,

also with Re/Max All Stars.

Non-developers

- Stephen Kiser ,

a Peachtree City lawyer; William Moon Jr ., a

professor of management and economics at Clayton College

and State University; Otis Scogin, retired Delta

Airlines worker and former College Park city councilman; Mary

Shaver, retired procurement engineer with Pacific Gas

and Electric Company; Bob Todd , retired teacher,

counselor and administrator and former member of the

Fayette County Board of Education; Douglas Powell ,

a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army.

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