Coweta County

wants to do something about eliminating the confusion surrounding its

development authorities.

The county

is one of the few in the state that has authorities that have the power

to sell bonds and attract industry to the county.

During Tuesday's

County Commission meeting, Commissioner Vernon "Mutt" Hunter

suggested the county merge the two boards into one.

"They

both have the same budget. I want the five-member board done away with,"

Hunter said.

Hunter said

before development authorities were established by the state, Coweta and

Muscogee counties created their own development authorities.

Then, the state

stepped in and Coweta found itself with the Development Authority of Coweta

County and the Coweta County Development Authority.

The two boards

have the same power, but one board has seven members and one has five.

All five of the members serve on the seven-member board, so Hunter wants

to see the five-member board folded into the bigger board.

Hunter asked

County Attorney Mitch Powell to look into the legal ramifications of combining

the boards, since both groups have issued bonds in the past.

"I bet

more than 75 percent of the people in the county don't understand why

we have two boards," Hunter said.