Tyrone

won't get the extra $25,000 that it had requested from

Fayette County to help improve Shamrock Park.

The county

deeded the park to Tyrone last year at the town's

request, and the park is now Tyrone's responsibility,

commissioners said during budget discussions Tuesday.

"They

asked for it - they got it," said commission

Chairman Harold Bost.

And in

response to recent complaints from Town Councilman Ronnie

Cannon that Tyrone isn't receiving its fair share of

services for the tax money town residents pay to Fayette

County, Commissioner Greg Dunn lashed out.

"We've

been grossly misrepresented by some comments made by

their representatives," he said, adding that the

county provides a great deal of money for recreation and

other services in Tyrone.

The county

continues to pay for a part time assistant to staff the

park now that it is owned by Tyrone, though county

administrator Billy Beckett said no money has yet been

paid.

"It's

purely on a reimbursement basis," he said in

response to complaints that Tyrone has never received the

agreed-upon payment. "I've sent them a response in

which I said in essence, `Send us an invoice and we'll

pay you,'" Beckett said.

Town

residents are welcome to use any of the county's

recreation facilities as well, he said.

After the

budget crunch is over, Beckett said he intends to respond

to charges from Cannon concerning services received

versus taxes collected from Tyrone. County staff are

compiling information to exchange with town leaders, he

said.

Peachtree

City's request for $100,000 also denied

Peachtree

City won't get the $100,000 it had asked for from Fayette

County to help build a football field and track at Riley

Park, but the city will get some money for its recreation

programs.

During

budget discussions Tuesday, the County Commission agreed

to provide the same $50,000 in its fiscal 2000 budget

that it has for several years as a way of encouraging the

city to allow county residents to use its recreation

facilities.

In a letter

to county recreation director Mary Alice Lawrence,

Peachtree City Recreation Commission Chairman Earl Spell

Jr. had asked for the additional $100,000 for Riley Park.

"The

newly designed field and track are to be used for the

city's youth recreational football/cheerleading and track

and field programs. Peachtree City residents, as well as

Fayette County residents, participate in both

programs," Spell wrote.

Commissioners

voted to deny the request without comment.

<!--

-----------