By

the middle of August, nearly 10,000 homeowners

will receive tax assessments on their property.

But

fear not, long-time residents, the assessments

are only going to those residents who have added

something to their homes or live in a new

subdivision.

That's

the verdict from Coweta County Tax Assessor

Mickey Rogers, who said the county wanted to do a

full-scale reevaluation of all the property, but

couldn't because of computer glitches.

"We

had planned to do it all this year, but then we

had to switch computer programs in the middle of

last year to be Y2K compatible," he said.

When

deciding which property to reassess, Rogers said

it's far easier and more accurate to do a new

subdivision with 20 homes sold than a single home

out in the county.

"You

might not have another sale for five miles, which

doesn't give you a lot of data," he said.

The

county's last reevaluation of all the property

was in 1991 and Rogers hopes to do it again next

year, once all the computer glitches from the new

program are solved.

The

new system is DOS based, and Rogers hopes to

switch to a Windows based program in the next two

months.

If

the appraisals go out Aug. 15, Rogers said the

tax digest and millage rates for the various

municipalities could be finalized Oct.1 with tax

bills going out later in October.