Peachtree City's

bid to create a recreation and entertainment authority has again hit a

slight bump in the road.

The City Council

had hoped to approve the draft legislation to create the authority at

its meeting last week, but Councilman Dan Tennant was absent so the matter

could not be approved with a unanimous vote.

Council postponed

the matter instead after being informed that state legislators might not

look favorably on the matter without the full support of council.

Councilman

Murray Weed, who joined with Tennant in negotiations with the city's Development

Authority to create the new authority, said he felt Tennant would be in

full support of the draft version of the legislation that was before council.

Tennant was

"instrumental" in reaching an accord between the City Council

and the Development Authority, Weed noted.

The state legislature

must approve the legislation to create the new authority, whose powers

would mirror those of the current development authority. Council wants

to transfer operation of the city's tennis center and amphitheater from

the Development Authority to the future recreation and entertainment authority.

The plan is

for the new authority to issue bonds to finance $1.45 million in debt

incurred by the Development Authority in the improvement and operation

of the two venues since 1995 when the council asked the authority to operate

both facilities.

Attorneys for

the city indicated recently that such a plan was the best way for the

city to have the tennis center and amphitheater operated.

Council members

indicated that if possible they would like to handle the matter at a special

called meeting before the next regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, Feb.

20.