The future

of South Fulton residents who want to call Coweta County home is now in

the fate of the Coweta County Commission.

Coweta County

public information officer Tom Corker said this week the county could

consider South Fulton's request as early as next Tuesday's commission

meeting.

"It's

still tentative if they'll discuss it then. We may have to call a special

meeting before the Feb. 4 deadline," he said.

The Coweta

County Grand Jury approved South Fulton's request to annex the area around

the small community of Goodes into Coweta County Jan. 4. The commission

has 30 days to render a decision.

Residents had

gotten the backing of the grand juries in Coweta and Fulton County earlier

this year, but the map submitted for annexation showed some parcels that

would not be part of the annexation.

Four fed-up

South Fulton residents started the ball rolling last spring by asking

Coweta County to annex them.

The South Fulton

folks had tried the annexation route in 1993, but were rebuffed when Fulton

County asked for several million dollars from Coweta County for the water

lines and structures Coweta would be receiving.

Currently,

the residents, living near Goodes in South Fulton, are disgusted with

the level of service they're receiving from Fulton County, said resident

Dave McMurrain at a Coweta County Commission meeting last year.

The residents

currently do most of their shopping in Coweta and are eager to send their

property tax money to Newnan, McMurrain added.

The area proposed

for annexation is 17,000 acres near the community of Goodes. The land

is rolling hills and meadows and the commissioners want to see it kept

that way if it joins Coweta County.

The commissioners

suggested that a 10-year moratorium be placed on any development in the

area.

South Fulton

advocates have submitted estimates of the tax base they would provide

to Coweta County and are waiting for a final decision on their fate.