Coweta County

Administrator Theron Gay and Public Information Officer Tom Corker brought

their travelling show about the benefits of the special purpose local

option sales tax to the Senoia Senior Center Wednesday.

County residents

will vote on an extension of the county's one-cent tax Sept.18 and Gay

is "speaking to any group that will have us" in order to explain

how the tax benefits residents.

Gay noted the

tax is not new it's been in effect since 1987. Since then, county residents

have seen new fire stations built, recreational areas completed and an

expansion of the county water system.

Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter attended the presentation and told Senoia's

seniors that the county could operate without the extension of the tax,

but the tax was good for the citizens' lifestyles.

"We wouldn't

have this facility (Senoia Senior Center) without the SPLOST," he

said.

Gay also said

that an estimated 30 percent of the sales tax by out of county residents

who come to the area to dine and shop.

"I know

people from Meriwether County and Thomaston who come here all the time,"

he said.

Other projects

the county has completed with previous sales tax money include roads and

bridges throughout the county and an expansion of the solid waste disposal

facility.

If the tax

is extended this year, the county is looking at spending nearly $35 million

for a new judicial center that will house all the county's judicial functions

under one roof, instead of spread through various county buildings.

The SPLOST

extension also provides money to municipalities and the city of Senoia

is looking to spend its share of funds on a museum project, along with

improving roads.