Senoia officials

will soon be deciding on whether to raise salaries for elected officials

and changing their terms to four years.

City officials

have looked at the merits of raising salaries for the mayor and City Council

for the last two months. Currently, the mayor makes $500 a month, while

councilmen make $100 a month.

Councilmen

Pam Youngblood and Darren Ratajski surveyed other governments in the area

and found a wide spectrum of salaries.

For example,

the mayor of Fairburn, which is significantly larger than Senoia, makes

$1,000 a year, but Youngblood added the city has a city manager who manages

most of the daily operations of the city.

Mayor Joan

Trammell said whether the salary is increased will not affect her decision

on whether she will run again in the fall, adding that it almost comes

down to a question of philosophy.

For the last

couple of years, Trammell has put in more than 40 hours a week trying

the get the city's sewage project underway.

If the citizens

want a mayor who's at City Hall all during the week, they're probably

going to have to increase the salary, since Trammell said $500 a month

is quite a financial hardship.

On the length

of terms, all the councilmen seemed in favor of moving to four-year terms.

The issue would have to be changed in the city's charter and brought to

the General Assembly next year.

Trammell said

she planns to talk about the issue with Rep. John Yates and report back

to the council. She also asked the members to think about the issue and

be prepared for further discussion in May.