Sewerage

negotiation between the town of Tyrone and south

Fulton County will have input from the Fayette

County Board of Education as well.

School

Superintendent Dr. John DeCotis asked for

"authorization to sit at the table"

from the board Monday night. "We've been

invited to participate with them," he said,

referring to Tyrone officials who are seeking to

hook onto sewer lines in neighboring Fairburn and

run the lines down Ga. Highway 74.

Tyrone

Elementary School is on a septic system, and the

Jenkins Road school complex - which includes

Sandy Creek High School, Flat Rock Middle School

and Burch Elementary School - is served by a

school-owned sewer plant and spray field system,

which costs the district $120,000 to monitor

annually.

School

facilities director Mike Satterfield said the

plant is 11 years old, noting that there is

"a certain amount of liability with

operating a (sewer) plant." If the school

system could hook onto the proposed sewer system,

Satterfield predicted long-term savings.

While

Tyrone has been talking about sewer hookups for

about three years, DeCotis told the board that

Tyrone councilmen indicated the issue was

"moving forward," with action possible

within a year.

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