A letter claiming residents

need to "hop to it" and get ready to connect to the city's

new sewer system caused a flood of calls to the Senoia City Hall this

week.

Over the weekend, several residents

received a letter from Simcox Plumbing and Mechanical urging residents

to start thinking about the impending hook-up with the sewer system. The

city provides the sewer outlet at the street, but residents must pay for

the piping that runs from their house to the street.

"We are months away from

anybody hooking up to the system, and I think this letter is misleading,"

said Mayor Dianne Cleveland at Monday night's City Council meeting.

She said the letter indicated

Simcox was working closely with the general contractor and the city on

the sewer project.

"The city is not endorsing

any plumbing contractor," Cleveland said.

Tim Simcox, who sent out the

letter, rose from the back of the room to explain his position. He said

he had been in direct contact with the contractor and city administrator

Murray McAfee several times. He added that he knew it would be a while

before the hookups started, but wanted to make the residents aware of

him and his company.

Councilman Pat Tunnell agreed

residents needed more information about the hookup fees.

"The people need to be

informed about this," he said.

Cleveland said she had talked

to the Bank of Coweta about providing signature loans for residents who

needed help in paying the fees.

"I don't want a loan.

I just want to know how much it's going to be," Tunnell said.

Cleveland explained the fee

would be not be a set amount, because everybody's situation is different.

But, since the hookups are still many months away, she said the city would

be keeping the residents updated on when the sewer system would be connecting

to their home.