Fairburn and

Fayette County officials began the process this week of resolving an annexation

issue.

Fairburn has

petitioned Fayette to annex a nearly 10-acre tract on Milam Road. The

site, according to Fairburn city clerk Nancy Faulkner, is owned by the

Bedford School.

The school's

property straddles the line between Fairburn and Fayette. Faulkner explained

the school is looking at expanding, and wants to have all its property

in the city.

"It's

pretty straightforward," Faulkner said.

Last year,

Fairburn officials met with resistance when a property owner requested

to have Fayette County land annexed into the city.

Collier Gladin,

executor of the estate of Nannie C. Gladin, had requested annexation into

the city. Gladin's 42-acre tract is on Milam Road and 22 acres of the

property overlaps into Fayette County.

If the request

had been approved by both Fairburn and Fayette, the city would then be

considered a Fayette municipality and would be required to participate

in joint service delivery negotiations as part of House Bill 489, a state

law requiring cooperation between counties and cities.

The Fayette

County Commission did not allow the annexation to take place.

The County

Commission was scheduled to start discussing the issue last night.