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.