It looks

like it will be at least another week before the latest

hostilities between the Coweta County Board of

Commissioners and 21st Century Coweta is ironed out.

The latest

skirmish between the governing board of the county and

the county's economic and industrial recruitment agency

occurred at Tuesday's commission meeting as leaders from

the two groups argued about language in the contract

between the agencies.

Coweta

County contributes nearly $115,000 to the group and

commissioners are adamant that 21st Century should

disclose all contacts made with industrial prospects to

Buddy Harrison, who manages the county's new industrial

park.

But 21st

Century's Rick Tamplin argued that if the contacts are

revealed to Harrison, then they should be revealed to all

the developers in the county.

At least

two of the commissioners disagreed with Tamplin's

statements.

"I

don't consider Coweta County as one of your developers.

We're all in this for the business of Coweta

County," said Commissioner Jim McGuffey.

Commission

Chairman Vernon "Mutt" Hunter could not

understand why the issue had become a sticking point.

"I

find it difficult that they can't speak to each other.

Why is Scott (21st Century president) afraid to speak to

Buddy?" he asked.

Tamplin

explained that often 21st Century doesn't even know the

name of the company investigating the county and

confidentiality is key when trying to lure prospects to

locate businesses here.

But Hunter

pointed out that 21st Century receives taxpayers' funds,

which makes it subject to certain laws.

"When

you become public, you lose some of that privacy,"

he said.

As the

debate simmered on about what exactly constituted a

contact and how much information should be submitted to

Harrison, Commissioner Robert Wood offered a suggestion

to work out the problem.

Wood, who

sits on the 21st Century board, asked that attorneys and

staff representing both parties sit down and work out the

exact language of the contract.

"I

just think we're playing games here," he said.

The

commissioners voted not to change any items on the

contract submitted to 21st Century, but agreed to

negotiate on the issue of reveling information to

Harrison.

County

administrator Theron Gay said he would keep the

commissioners up to date on negotiations.