Fairburn's

leaders may face a new challenge during budget discussions next year.

Early last

week, Fairburn received a letter from the Fulton County Fire Department

indicating the county's desire to take a look at the contract it has with

Fairburn.

According to

Fairburn Fire Chief Walt Brown, county officials now provide the manpower

for Fairburn's Fire Department, while the city is responsible for the

equipment, maintenance and station.

"They

say we're not paying our fair share," Brown said.

Fulton County

has similar contracts with Palmetto and Alpharetta and has also indicated

it wants to take another look at those contracts next year.

Brown said

Fulton County's new fire chief, I. David Daniels, decided to wait until

next year to get into the meat of contract discussions, since many of

the municipalities have already completed their budgets this year.

Brown is not

sure what the repercussions could be, but he wanted the City Council to

know what is occurring.

"He said

there's not another beast on the planet like Fairburn," Brown said.

In the letter,

Daniels said he would like to begin discussions with the city in early

2002 and have an agreement completed by Aug. 1 with any changes starting

Jan. 1, 2003.

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