After several years of deadlines

and ultimatums, it appears the city of Senoia and Coweta County have settled

their squabble over use of the 911 system.

The County Commission announced

Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the city to handle their administrative

call through the county's 911 system.

But in return, the city will

have to fork over nearly $50,000 to help pay for the four dispatchers

to handle the call volume.

The county is also looking

for Grantville to sign on to the agreement, but Grantville officials are

still looking over the final details of the agreement.

Senoia Mayor Robert Hannah

was at Tuesday morning's meeting and expressed gratitude with the

county.

"It's been a pleasure

working with (county administrator) Theron Gay and we're willing

to do what it takes to solve this," Hannah said.

The controversy had swirled

for the last few years because the county's smaller cities had been

using the 911 system for making administrative calls, such as running

tag checks.

But as the county has grown,

the County Commission has maintained that 911 should only be used for

real emergency calls.

The cities have balked because

of the huge costs associated in starting their own dispatch service, but

Tuesday's deal with Senoia will help split the costs among the cities

and the county.

"We're hopeful that

Grantville will sign on," said Gay.