Sign, sign,

everywhere a sign... except in Senoia.

City

leaders grappled once again Monday night with the issue

of placing signs at the city's entrances.

For years,

city officials have debated, discussed and looked at

different sign proposals to welcome visitors into the

city.

Monday's

debate was fueled when Councilman Kyle Frank, who also

serves on the city's Downtown Development Authority,

brought a proposal from the DDA to purchase signs.

Frank said

the group had settled on a design and estimated the cost

of placing signs at four entryways would run nearly

$10,000.

After

Frank's presentation, Councilman Judy Belisle, who has

evaluated sign proposals in the past, asked why the DDA

was not focusing on presenting its overall set of goals

instead of focusing on signs.

Councilman

Robert Hannah agreed with Belisle that the group was

focusing too much on signs and suggested members get on

to other business.

"Sewer

is the best thing we're doing for downtown. They need to

evaluate that," he said.

Frank said

the group wanted to show something visible for its work

over the last year and said signs were something the city

really needed.

Belisle

countered that she had worked on the sign project for

months and wanted to know where all her sign designs had

gone. She said she had turned them over to the DDA, but

Frank said he had not seen them.

Mayor Joan

Trammell entered the fray and suggested that Belisle and

Frank work together on a sign proposal and bring back

some proposals for the council to consider, since they

would provide the ultimate funding.

In the

meantime, with the sign issue out of the way, Trammell

said the DDA could focus on other areas and long term

goals for the authority.

Frank also

said the DDA wanted to change the boundaries of the

authority's downtown area, but Trammell said that could

not be accomplished until city attorney Kemp Wright

determines if it is legal to change the boundaries

established just last year.

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