The Coweta County Commission delayed a controversial

zoning decision Tuesday night after one commissioner received some last-minute

information on the proposal.

Vulcan Materials wants to expand its rock quarry operations

further south on its Elzie Johnson Road property. But the quarry is near

the fairly exclusive Arbor Springs subdivision and residents don't want

any more blasting near their expensive homes.

Commissioner Leigh Schlumper asked the commission to

delay the vote Tuesday after hearing the company's latest proposal.

"Vulcan put a new proposal, better buffers, giving

up rights to the land to the north, protecting Elzie Johnson Road on the

table about 15 minutes before the meeting started and they were things

I just had not considered. To be fair to the other commissioners and to

the people involved, I polled the board and asked if everyone would like

more time to look over the options, and everyone seemed to be OK with

it," she said.

Schlumper said she had been working with Commissioner

Lawrence Nelms on the issue, since the quarry will be in his district

after the new commission lines are drawn next year.

"This is not an easy decision to make. One minute

I think I know what is right, and then somebody makes a new very valid

point. I hope we will all do the right thing," she said.

The board will vote on the issue Nov. 6.