Tim

Muntford, a homeowner in Harbour Lakes

subdivision, has been waiting five years for the

large pool and two tennis courts he believed

would be built by the developer in his community.

To

date, Muntford and his neighbors have one small

pool he describes as a "cesspool," one

tennis court and a basketball court. Thursday he

appealed to the Fayette County Commission to help

resolve the problem that he said Harbour Lakes

homeowners have tackled for way too long.

Developer

for the project, Dan Stinchcomb, ignores their

phone calls, Muntford said. Because there are

still homes left to be built in the subdivision,

the recreation center has not been turned over to

the homowners.

"We

get more complaints about this builder than

anybody else in the county," said Commission

Chairman Harold Bost about Stinchcomb.

In

a letter to Muntford dated July 7, 1998, Chris

Cofty, assistant to the county administrator,

said, "several current violations need to be

corrected before a final certificate of occupancy

can be issued."

Muntford

told the commission that a bulldozer showed up

last Wednesday, but was not sure what work, if

any would be accomplished at the site.

"We'll

look into it and get back to the board,"

county attorney Bill McNally said following

Muntford's complaints.

In

other business, county manager Billy Beckett

announced the county's acceptance of the

Distinguished Budget Award, which places Fayette

County among the top five counties in the state

to earn a AA 2 financial rating.

Moody's,

a financial ratings group, stated in its report

that the county's finances "will remain

healthy given its conservative budgeting policies

and continued tax revenue growth. The county has

exerienced five consecutive years of operating

surpluses which have combined to leave it with a

fund balance approaching a comfortable $15

million by the end of fiscal year 1999, or almost

50 percent of the general fund revenues for the

year."

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