After years

of discussion, Senoia could have a city manager on board

Mayor Joan

Trammell told a small crowd at Monday night's City

Council meeting that four candidates would be interviewed

for the position July 30.

After the

interviews are completed, a recommendation will be

forwarded to the council for a decision at either its

Aug. 2 or Aug. 16 meeting, according to city clerk Betty

Armstrong.

The new

city manager will be a part-time contract worker who will

help the city deal with writing grants and dealing with

the complexities of dealing with the town's supercharged

growth.

The city

has debated the merits of a city manager for several

years, but Trammell decided the time was right, for at

least a part-time manager to help the city run better.

In other

news from Monday's meeting, the council:

� Listened to a request from Phillip

Hembree to use the corner of Ga. Highway 16 and Luther

Bailey Road for a sales center for small utility

trailers.

Hembree

said all new trailers would be on the site and he

promised to keep the area well-maintained.

Trammell

said she had no problem with him placing his business

there, but objected to the number of real estate signs

that were already on the location.

"It's

too cluttered. If you can get all those other signs down,

I would have no problem with you putting your business

there," she said.

Hembree

said that he did not own the property, but would talk to

the owner to see if the signs could be removed. The

council voted to allow the trailer sales business at the

location, provided all other signs are moved.

� Decided to wait on further

information before paying dues to the Chattahoochee-Flint

Regional Development Center.

Trammell

said she would like to see a list from the RDC on grants

the agency has helped the city write and the success rate

of the grants before agreeing to pay the dues.

While she

believes the agency has done some good work for the city,

including helping with the city's new zoning regulations,

Trammell would still like more information before

approving the 1999 dues.

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