of the year, Senoia should be ready to collect impact fees from developers.

During Wednesday

afternoon's City Council work session, the council learned the impact

fees will go to improve the city's police department, library and recreation

needs.

"What

about a new city hall?" asked Councilman Bill Wood.

Town planner

Bill Johnston explained that new administration facilities were not allowed

under the state law governing impact fees.

"I really

can't explain what the legislators were thinking when they drew up this

law," Johnston said.

Once the impact

fees are approved, each developer would pay an additional $1,564 for each

single family home built in the city.

While the city

will fund some of the improvements to the facilities through local funding,

any improvement tied to growth will be funded by impact fees.

In the city's

lengthy Capital Improvements Element report, cost for the new facilities

total $840,756, which include:

Addition to

the library building $154,770.

Addition volumes

at the library $228,561.

Expansion

of the police department $114,625.

Land for future

parks $127,800.

Components

for future parks $215,000.

The costs for

the projects are based on similar costs in other jurisdictions, said Johnston.

"What

sort of funds can we expect to start collecting next year?" asked

Wood.

Based on projections

of at least 50 homes being built next year, Johnston said the city would

receive about $75,000, which would be put in a separate account and used

for expanding the projects at the needed time.

The first public

hearing on the Capital Improvement Element and impact fees is set for

Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.