With no discussion, no debate

and barely a quorum, the City Council gave Peachtree City's beleagured

Development Authority a whole new look Thursday, voting to approve the

appointment of five new members to the seven-person board.

New councilmembers Stuart Kourajian

and Judi-ann Rutherford voted with Mayor Steve Brown in endorsing the

recommendations of a candidate's committee, which included Brown,

City Manager Bernard McMullen, Councilman Murray Weed and one of the two

remaining DAPC board members, Bill Bexley.

With the ongoing discrimination

lawsuit filed against the authority by his wife still unsettled, Councilman

Steve Rapson abstained from the issue. Weed was absent from Thursday's

meeting.

The five new members represent

a cross-section of interests and the community, Brown said, disputing

claims that the seven that now occupy the board are his own hand-picked

appointees.

Of the seven members of the

DAPC board when Brown took office in January 2002, two have died and five

others resigned for various reasons. The most recent resignation was acting

chairman Robert Brooks, effective Feb. 17.

Joining Bexley and returning

member Scott Formel, the new Development Authority members include:

- Steve Fraas, a 6-year

resident who works for BellSouth, through Feb. 2008.

- Todd Strickland, a Peachtree

City resident since 1975 whose family owns Historical Concepts, through

Feb. 2008.

- David Miller, a resident

of the city for 14 years, former business consultant, through Feb. 2008.

- Stephen Savage, a six-month

resident who works for Gardner-Denver Corporation, through April 2007.

- Tyler Duffy, an 11-year

Peachtree City resident and Delta Air Lines flight officer, through April

2005.

In other business Thursday,

the council:

- Named Stephen D. Ott

as the city�fs Judge Pro Hoc, providing backup to Judge Maxwell when he�fs

unavailable to preside over city court, and to provide 72-hour hearings

for city prisoners held at the Fayette County Jail.

- Approved an alcohol

license application for Sofella�fs Grill and amended the city ordinance

allowing the privately-run Ashland Grille restaurant at the city�fs Tennis

Center to obtaIn an alcohol license.

- Honored Robert Buckley

for his service on the city�fs Planning Commission and recognized Cindy

Light and Marilyn DeLoose as employees of the month for January.