Coweta's newest

government group has a new leader.

The Coweta

Intergovernmental Association elected Senoia Mayor Dianne Cleveland as

its chairman Tuesday afternoon.

The association

was formed after the idea was broached at the Coweta government retreat

earlier in the spring. The group is supposed to help all of Coweta's governments

in their future planning and coordinate efforts among the many jurisdictions.

One of the

big issues many of the leaders want to see accomplished is better communication

with the Coweta County Board of Education.

School board

chairman Rick Melville agreed, but noted some of the school board's abilities

are tied by state laws.

"If we

know a major subdivision is going to be built in the next five years,

we can't go ahead and build a school. We can't build classrooms that will

sit empty," he said.

Melville did

say he would love to see some of these large developments donate lands

for future schools, but the land cost is still a small portion of the

cost.

In addition

to naming Cleveland as chairman, the group settled on a meeting date.

All future meetings will be on the third Wednesday of each month at 4

p.m. and will rotate to different jurisdictions. The next meeting will

be July 16 in Senoia.