The Senoia

City Council decided Monday night to raise the salary of the mayor and

council members.

Council has

been debating the issue for several months and has conducted surveys of

neighboring municipalities to determine salary structures.

Earlier this

summer, the council recommended changing the mayor's salary from $500

a month to $1,000 a month and the council members' salary from $100 to

$200 a month.

The pay raise

takes effect next January, after the mayor's seat and two council posts

are decided in a November election.

In deciding

to up the salaries, Mayor Joan Trammell asked the council if it was ready

to vote on the issue or wanted to study it further. She said the issue

had been properly advertised and the matter was in the council's hands.

City Councilman

Bob Hannah said it was time to resolve the issue and made a motion to

increase the salaries.

The measure

passed unanimously.

In other news,

the City Council:

F Agreed to

reallocate some of the funds from the current special purpose local option

sales tax. Trammell said there was still money left over in the accounts

for projects that came in under budget.

With the excess

funds totalling over $200,000, Trammell recommended the city use some

of the money to reopen the wooden bridge on Bridge Street.

She said it

would take $25,000 to replace the pilings and make the bridge safe for

vehicle traffic.

The rest of

the funds would be used to purchase a five-acre tract on Pylant Street

for a city well and build sidewalks from Ga. Highway 16 through downtown

to the new bridge on Rockaway Road.

F Announced

the council meeting set for Sept. 3 is cancelled because of the labor

day holiday.