In a stark

contrast from a year ago, Coweta County and the city of Senoia are getting

along just swimmingly.

Coweta County

approved a series of mitigation measures that now allows the city to annex

two tracts of 61 acres and 53 acres for use as a sprayfield for its new

sewer treatment facility.

Under the agreement,

Senoia will maintain a 150-foot natural buffer along the property and

all wastewater will be retained on the property.

The city also

will maintain a 24-hour emergency phone number for all adjacent property

owners and will act quickly if any resident complains about an odor.

If there's

a dispute over the odor, an odor panel will be established that consists

of a city resident, the offended county residents, a citizen not living

in the area and a representative of the city and the county water and

sewer superintendent or his designee.

After the panel

makes a ruling, the costs for the procedure will be assessed against the

party that the odor panel rules against.

County personnel

also will be granted permission to enter the facility with a city representative

to monitor performance of the system.

If Senoia decides

to change the use of the property, it will notify the county in writing

prior to the change.

Senoia officials

agreed to the measures at their Monday council meeting.