Peachtree City residents will soon be getting a little wireless Internet access with their recreation.

Three recreation areas will have free wi-fi access thanks to a $14,000 appropriation from the City Council last week. The access will be available at the Kedron Fieldhouse, the Peachtree City Tennis Center and the Ga. Highway 74 South Baseball and Soccer Complex.

Councilman Stuart Kourajian cast the sole vote in opposition to the initiative. He said the money for public Internet access should come out of tourism funds and not the council's contingency fund, but he had no problem with creating wireless access points for city employees.

"There's a very small percentage of residents who will get to see a benefit out of it, but all the residents are paying for it," Kourajian said.

Kourajian said the ability to access the Internet might distract parents from enjoying their children's sporting events they came to watch.

Councilman Steve Rapson said when he coached recreation league soccer, he had some parents who had to rush home to do work on a computer connection who could have just stayed at practice had such a wireless Internet network been in place.

The actual cost for the public access is just under $8,400, with the remainder of the tab for the wi-fi networks at those facilities that will be used by city staff. Matt Robinson, the city's system administrator, noted that the separate networks for staff could be used by the police, fire and code enforcement departments which can now perform such tasks as transmitting files wirelessly