Now that the

money's there, the Coweta County Commission is moving forward in building

the county's new $39 million judicial complex.

The county's

voters last fall approved an extension of the special purpose local option

sales tax to pay for the project. On Tuesday, the County Commission heard

a proposal from Gardner-Rosser's Dan Hines on ways the county can bid

the project. Gardner-Rosser is the design team for the project and has

been working on site design with the county.

Hines said

the county could do a traditional sealed bid method, or use a method recently

approved by the state's legislators that allows the county to choose based

on qualifications and price. Hines said this method would allow the contractor

to come on board during the design phase, and perhaps show the design

team where costs could be cut.

But Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter said the county has built several buildings

in the county using the old method, and wondered why the design team would

need help since they were being paid by the county to do the work.

Commissioner

Lawrence Nelms said he was familiar with the "new" method, since

that is what Delta Air Lines used in his many years of service at the

company.

"This

would knock 15-20 percent off the construction time," Nelms said.

Since the County

Commission just received the information Tuesday, Commission Chairman

Jim McGuffey asked for the decision to be tabled until June 4.