Fairburn's Duncan Park could

soon reopen.

That's the word from Fairburn

city administrator Jim Williams who said the city continues to work with

Fulton County staff to try and find a solution to reopen the park that

serves hundreds of residents in South Fulton County.

Williams said the city is currently

in the final stages of working out a lease deal with Fulton County to

operate the park.

"We would lease it from

the county for five years at $1 a year," he said.

The administrator said the

city is looking at putting $60,000 into the budget this year to help fund

the park.

The park closed late last year

after Fulton County and Fairburn officials could not agree over who should

pay for the park's operations.

Fulton officials have cited

a state law that states when a municipality reaches 5,000 in population

and annexes parks into its municipalities, it must start picking up the

costs.

Fairburn's population topped

the 5,000 mark in the last Census and the political war began over who

should pay for the park.

But with kids out of school,

Fairburn officials are anxious to see the park open again.

"We'd like to get this

done as soon as possible," Williams said.

Williams also said the city

would like to see the the engineering reports on the swimming pool in

the park.

"It's been unusable for

about two years, but we'd love to get it up and running again," he

said.