The city of

Senoia could soon have its first Habitat for Humanity

home in town.

Suzanne

Pengelly told the City Council Monday night that Habitat

had purchased a lot at the intersection of Bridge and

Middle Street to build a home.

There's

currently a home on the lot, but Habitat officials will

tear it down and build a new home on the property, she

said.

Habitat has

already built about 10 homes in Coweta County, and

Pengelly hopes to build that many in Senoia if the land

becomes available.

Councilmembers

were thrilled with the prospect and Councilman Dianne

Cleveland wondered if the resident in the new home would

be a Senoia resident.

Pengelly

said that is the organization's first preference and said

she had already been in contact with Mayor Joan Trammell

about possible candidates for the home.

The council

voted to waive any building permits for the home and

encouraged Pengelly to place a local resident in the

home.

In other

news, the Council:

-Kept

the mayor's pay at $6,000 a year. Councilman Judy Belisle

said years ago the council had voted to cut the salary to

$3,000 when a city administrator or city manager was

hired.

With

Leonard Thompson taking over as city administrator,

Belisle wanted to know if the salary should be cut.

All the

councilmembers said $500 a month is far too little for

the amount of work required by the mayor and said the

salary should stay the same.

-Tabled

an application to join Tree City USA. While the

councilmembers support maintaining as much greenspace as

possible, they all wanted more information on the

organization before throwing their support to it.