The wave of

resignations sweeping Senoia city government continued this week as two

Planning Commission members turned in their notices.

Commission

Chairman Julie Brown read the City Council member Dave Core's letter of

resignation toward the end of Monday's City Council meeting.

The latest

resignations mean Senoia does not have a Planning Commission only two

members remain and that is not enough members to constitute a quorum.

Both resignations

stemmed from the election of a new City Council and mayor. Core and Brown

said they did not believe they could work with the new administration.

Brown was visibly

nervous at the podium, and had to have Mayor Joan Trammell read her resignation

letter into the record.

Before she

resigned, Brown said the Planning Commission had decided to stop working

on revising a zoning ordinance that focused on smaller lots and preserving

greenspace.

She suggested

the council should lift its moratorium on development of smaller lots,

because the ordinance would no longer be revised.

But Councilman

Bill Wood did not go along with her assessment.

"I think

we need to staff the Planning Commission first," he said.

Councilman

Bob Hannah agreed, and said since there is not a quorum anymore, the moratorium

should stay in place until its original expiration date of March 2002.

The resignations

were accepted by the council and Mayor Joan Trammell said it was a sign

of disrespect that the City Council did not honor the Planning Commission's

last wish of lifting the moratorium.

"No disrespect

intended," said Wood.