South

Fulton residents could being a little longer to know if

their future is in Coweta County.

The Coweta

County Commissioners used Tuesday afternoon's meeting to

express doubts about being able to make a decision on the

residents' petition te annexed into Coweta County in 30

days.

The area

proposed for annexation is 1,700 acres near the community

of Goodes in south Fulton County.

State law

requires the commissioners to decide 30 days after they

have received de-annexation notice from their local Grand

Jury.

The

commission received the notice Tuesday and said many

questions still had to be answered.

"We're

the only group that's had to look at the mechanics of

this," said Commission Chairman Vernon

"Mutt" Hunter.

The

commissioners want answers about infrastructure and what

types of services south Fulton residents want.

Commissioner Jim McGuffey said he's received numerous

calls about the issue and interest is definitely picking

up about annexing the residents.

None of the

commissioners gave any indication how they would vote on

the matter and discussed the issue in pros and cons.

"They're

some beautiful land up there and nice folks, but we need

questions answered first," said Hunter.

County

attorney Mitch Powell was not sure what would happen if

the commissioners did not decide in 30 days. He said it

was possible the landowners who asked for the annexation

could sue the county, but said that would probably not be

their course of action.

The staff

is busy sorting through the commissioners' questions,

said county administrator Theron Gay, and expects to have

many of the answers in the next few weeks.

Commissioner

Robert Wood offered the most novel solution to the

dilemma.

"I'd

like to see how the people of Coweta County feel. I wish

there was some way we could have a referendum on

this," he said.

Powell said

he knew of no way for that to happen.