The city of

Senoia will be getting a lot prettier very soon.

The City Council

learned Monday night that the Downtown Development Authority has received

a $10,000 grant from the state to spruce up its downtown business district.

The funds will

be used to replace the city's aging planters made of crossties with brick

planters featuring marble tops.

Additionally,

the town will install an old-fashioned wooden stop sign at the intersection

of Main and Seavy streets.

The council

also learned that the project to continue placing the historic street

lamps toward the Rockaway Road bridge is progressing.

Councilwoman

Pam Youngblood said the city has already received commitments from a number

of businesses and individuals for the light poles and added she believes

citizens should see more of the poles being erected soon.

In other news

from Monday's meeting, the council received a copy of budget amendments

for this year's budget from Mayor Joan Trammell.

High on Trammell's

priority list are new bulletproof vests for the police officers. She also

wants the council to consider leasing new police vehicles and upgrading

the department's aging radio equipment.