Senoia residents will only have one chance to speak their mind next

month.

Because July 4 falls on a Sunday this year, city workers will have July

5 off to enjoy the holiday.

At Monday's City Council meeting, the council also decided to cancel

the meeting scheduled for July 5, and instead just meet once during July.

The only July meeting will now be July 12 at 7 p.m.

In other news from Monday's meeting, the council voted to spend

nearly $5,000 for a stormwater management problem on Broad Street near

the post office.

City administrator Murray McAffee said he got an estimate from Foley

Products for $4,813 in materials to fix the site. McAffee added that

city workers would do the labor.

But Councilman Robert Belisle said he believed the city should not bear

the cost, since a commercial development near the site should be responsible

for fixing the problem.

But Mayor Robert Hannah said the problem had existed for years, and

said there was Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax money available

to pay for the project.

The council voted 3-1 to pay for the project, as long as it did not

exceed McAffee's estimate by more than 10 percent. Belisle opposed

the motion.

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