Fayetteville

officials are making plans to relieve some of the overcrowding at City

Hall, and the biggest part of those plans is a proposed new police station.

A consultant

has been working with the city to compile a needs assessment, which includes

square footage estimates and a rough elevation, according to City Manager

Joe Morton. A complete cost assessment is expected by the end of the year.

A few possible

sites around the city have been looked at, but nothing has been nailed

down yet, Morton said.

The city's

police and fire personnel currently share a single building adjacent to

City Hall. Once the police move, another city department would take a

portion of the vacant space and give some relief to City Hall itself,

much the same way as Peachtree City did when it moved its police out of

City Hall a year ago.

Municipal court

is also held at Fayetteville's City Hall each week, which causes unique

overcrowding of its own both in the building and the parking lot. That

would be eliminated with this project, as the city plans to move court

to the new police station, Morton said.

City officials

will finance the project under the Georgia Municipal Association's Bricks

and Mortar program, and Morton pointed out that with interest rates perhaps

bottoming out, it would be financially advantageous for the city to move

on this project fairly soon.

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