As far as Fayette

County is concerned, the window for potential

Y2K-related glitches has apparently come and gone

without a problem.

None of the

municipalities in the county has reported any

problems stemming from computer noncompliance as

calendars rolled over from 1999 to 2000, as

months of preparation on everyone's part appears

to have paid off.

Peachtree City

issued a statement Monday that no trouble has

been found within its borders. Plans were for the

city to stand down its emergency operations as of

5 p.m. Monday if no additional complications

arose.

Initial plans

called for maintaining emergency operations until

Friday.

Additional staffing

for the city's four fire stations, ensuring that

they would be manned around the clock, is being

suspended as a result of the decision to stand

down, city officials said.

Preparing for Y2K

should prove that the city will be ready for any

other crisis that may arise, according to city

manager Jim Basinger.

"We are

certainly pleased that no problems surfaced in

Peachtree City's infrastructure during the date

change," said Basinger. "Preparing for

possible Y2K effects provided excellent emergency

training for City staff and for residents. If a

natural disaster occurs, Peachtree City has a

tested contingency plan in place to react as

necessary."

If additional

complications arise from Y2K during the coming

week or year, the plan will be reactivated.

Peachtree City will continue to use the radio

stations of News Talk 750 AM, B-98.5 FM, News

Radio 680 AM, Jazz Flavors 104.1 FM and The Beat

95.5 FM to broadcast emergency information during

any type of disaster.

In Fayetteville,

Fire Chief Alan Jones characterized Y2K as

"a total nonevent," adding that the

city was quiet even for a typical New Year's

holiday.

The Fayetteville

Police Department also reported no unusual events

relating to the date change.

"There were no

glitches," said Lt. Tom Kirkbride of the

police operations. "Everything's up and

running."

Kirkbride added

that he knew of no calls from residents or

businesses in Fayetteville for Y2K-related

problems.

Statewide, a press

release issued Saturday by the Georgia Emergency

Management Agency said there were "virtually

no reports of any substantial Y2K-related

incidents or disruptions in essential

services."

GEMA's State

Operations Center was manned 24 hours a day from

Thursday morning until Monday evening.

"At the stroke

of midnight [New Year's Day], nearly 800

entities, including local emergency management

agencies, public safety organizations, health

care facilities, and utilities began to submit

status reports by phone, fax and e-mail,"

according to GEMA's statement. "Within the

first half-hour of the new year, most of the

utilities had checked in and positive reports had

been filed by 91 counties."

While some

telephone service providers noted increased

usage, there were no reports of utility

disruptions, GEMA said.

State mainframe

computers that are used for administrative

functions were shut down at midnight, as

scheduled, and rebooted a short time later

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