The city of

Senoia reluctantly agreed to pay their liability insurance Monday night.

The council

was taken aback two weeks ago when they learned the premium was increasing

from $30,000 to $43,000.

City clerk

Debbie Hogan said she had talked to the municipal agency in charge of

handling the insurance plan to see if increasing the deductibles would

lower the premium.

"It would

only save us about $2,693," she said.

Hogan did say

the city could pay half the premium by the end of the month, and the other

half would not be do until the end of November.

City Councilman

Bill Wood made a motion to approve the premium as presented, and Councilman

Robert Belisle also suggested the city start investigating private insurance

options for next year.

"It's

probably too early to start, because people won't guarantee prices this

far out. You might want to start around December," said city attorney

Drew Whalen.

The council

agreed and passed the motion unanimously.