The earliest

Fairburn could have a new councilman would be July.

That's the

assessment of city attorney Brad Sears, who is trying to determine when

the city can hold a special election and replace Councilman Gene Wiggins,

who resigned April 15.

Sears told

the City Council Monday night that he was still researching the state

law concerning special elections.

There are four

dates, he said that an election can be called and the primary in July

could be the city's best bet.

If the city

can't hold the election in July, Sears said the other options would be

a date in September or the general election in November.

Wiggins resigned

his council position after moving out of the city to Newnan.

City Councilman

Doug Crawford said Wiggins would be missed.

Crawford said

he was upset after one of his early council meetings, when Wiggins reminded

him that each person only had one vote and they were all equal.

"That's

something I've always remembered," he said.

Councilman

Glenn Higgins also thanked Wiggins for his years of service and said he

would also miss his presence on the City Council.

Sears said

he would report