The Peachtree

City Council conducted its annual retreat at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference

Center this past weekend, discussing a variety of subjects.

Each department

gathered data from outside municipal governments for comparison, estimated

any increase needed in manpower or materials to operate its department

for the next fiscal year.

Among the items

discussed were any changes in taxes and license fees that would pertain

to alcohol licenses, building department fees and leisure service rentals

such as the athletic fields, pools, gyms, tennis courts, city parks, etc.

Staff members felt that many fees that are in place are adequate and some

are not, and several new fees should be added to meet new expenses incurred

for the first time.

Non-profit

organization funding was looked at and council felt the current amount

of $25,000 in the fiscal 2001 budget is sufficient.

Implementing

a user identification system at the Kedron facility was discussed as it

applied to open swimming and open gym. However, director of leisure services

Randy Gaddo, and recreation administrator Sherry McHugh felt that at this

time the problem of unauthorized users was not great enough to warrant

the expense. Start-up costs would be $31,000 and there would be a recurring

cost of about $28,000 annually.

The retreat

lasted for nearly two days with all department heads allowed the time

needed to discuss needs and suggestions for change.