With a unanimous vote Wednesday night, the Peachtree City Airport Authority

agreed to sign the hotel-motel tax agreement with the city's tourism

association.

That paves the way for the airport to begin receiving hotel-motel tax funds

again. The funds, estimated to be roughly $10,000 a month, have been withheld

since November after City Attorney Ted Meeker determined there were problems

with how the hotel-motel funds were distributed.

The tourism association can handle that task because it has been approved

as a nonprofit entity, officials said.

The Airport Authority traditionally has used the hotel-motel tax funds for

capital projects but has been unable to do so since the payments stopped

in November. The payments have been held in the city coffers since November.

Airport Manager John Crosby said Thursday that the funds should be available

to the airport in a day or two. The authority has not yet determined what

capital projects it will pursue, but that is a topic the authority will likely

broach at its upcoming retreat, Crosby said.

The retreat will be at the Wyndham Peachtree Executive Conference Center

Friday, Aug. 6 from 3-7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 7 from 8 a.m.-noon.