Let the games

begin.

Qualifying

for the upcoming City Council elections in Peachtree City begins Monday

at 8:30 a.m. Prospective candidates will have until Friday at 4:30 p.m.

to file qualification papers with the city and pay qualifying fees.

Up for grabs

are the mayor's seat and two posts on the City Council which are currently

occupied by Carol Fritz and Steve Rapson.

The two announced

mayoral candidates are Steve Brown and Fred Wellman. Councilman Dan Tennant,

who was considering a run for mayor, announced this week that he will

instead retain his seat on council. Mayor Bob Lenox cannot run again due

to term limits.

Rapson has

indicated he will seek election to his council seat; he was appointed

in March to fill the unexpired term of long-time councilman Robert Brooks.

Fritz has not yet announced whether she will seek a second term on council.

Several others

have declared their intentions to run: municipal attorney Murray Weed,

who will seek Fritz's post, and former Peachtree City Clerk Nancy Faulkner,

who will seek Rapson's seat.

Qualifying

fees are set at three percent of the position's annual salary, which equals

$270 for the mayor's post and $180 each for the two council posts. Each

position holds a four-year term.

Candidates

must be at least 21 years old, a resident of Peachtree City for at least

six months and registered to vote in the upcoming election.

The voter registration

deadline for the Nov. 6 election is October 9.

Candidates

may have a designated person file their qualification paperwork as long

as the documents have been signed and notarized by the candidate, noted

City Public Information Officer Betsy Tyler.

Persons wishing

to be write-in candidates must apply during the qualification period and

they must also publish a notice in the city's legal organ of their intent

to seek office as a write-in candidate, Tyler said. The notice must be

published before the qualifying period expires, she added.

Write-in candidates

do not have to pay qualifying fees, but their names will not be listed

on the ballot, Tyler said.

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