News Line for Senoia

Senoia OK's new ethics regulations
The Senoia City Council Monday night approved an upgrade to the city’s ethics ordinance that addresses frivolous ethics complaints.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Senoia revamping ethics ordinance
The Senoia City Council is in process of revamping the city’s ethics ordinance by adding criteria that essentially serves as a litmus test for potentially frivolous ethics violations against elected or appointed officials and city employees.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Senoia swats back at unusual lawsuit
Senoia city attorney Drew Whalen has filed a response to the March 15 lawsuit filed in Coweta County Superior Court by resident Don Rehman against the mayor and city council over a city ordinance that he maintains amounts to a requirement that all males within city limits be required to possess one ounce or more of marijuana.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Senoia Plans To Change Intersection
Entering Senoia from Georgia Highway 16 at Pylant Street may be easier in a few years now that the city has agreed to execute a Project Framework Agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Senoia tables hotel tax ordinance
The Senoia City Council last week tabled a proposed ordinance that would establish a Hotel/Motel Excise Tax.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Senoia gains statewide attention
It seems like Senoia is always making the news, including in stories outside Coweta County.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Bigfoot sighted at Senoia council meeting
It was a sight never seen before at a meeting of the Senoia City Council, or likely at any government meeting for that matter. But the April 1 council meeting included an unexpected guest, one whose visit prompted a unanimous vote to proclaim every April 1 as Bigfoot Day in Senoia.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Ethics, Big Rigs Topics At Monday's Meeting
Ethics and big-rig trucks in downtown Senoia were the main topics of discussion at Monday’s meeting of the mayor and city council.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Marijuana semantics ; Gadfly files suit over language in Senoia ordinance
Senoia resident Don Rehman has filed suit against the mayor and city council over a city ordinance dealing with the misdemeanor offense of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Senoia goes from sleepy town to bustling downtown
Senoia just might be the ultimate small town success story.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Senoia sells its water tank to movie studio developers
The water tank that towers over downtown Senoia is no longer city property. A motion to sell the tank was approved unanimously at Monday’s meeting of the Senoia Mayor and City Council.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Senoia/Coweta sign joint park venture
The Coweta County Commission and the Senoia City Council have approved an intergovernmental agreement that will lead to the establishment of a future active recreation park in the Senoia area. The new park will be designated as the Leroy Johnson Park.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Agreements with Senoia, Grantville on Coweta Commission agenda
Agreements with Senoia and Grantville are on the agenda for Tuesday night's meeting of the Coweta County Board of Commissioners.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Ga. Power granted easement on Senoia city property
The Senoia Mayor and City Council moved quickly Monday through a brief agenda highlighted by approval of a power easement and a parade celebrating the opening of youth baseball season in Senoia.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Senoia to sell water tank
The mayor and city council of Senoia, in a called meeting Thursday, adopted a resolution authorizing the sale of a surplus water tank.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Senoia purchases land for new ball fields
The idea of establishing new ball fields in Senoia is something that has been on the minds of city council members for more than a year.
Source: Fayette Citizen

Big Deal For Senoia: 750,000 copies of travel guide feature town on cover
Senoia has already become a tourist destination, with visitors flocking to see its shops and dine in its restaurants — and see where scenes from “The Walking Dead” have been filmed, or to visit the Southern Living Idea House, which was open last year from early summer through December.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

City of Senoia to purchase books for library branch
The City of Senoia voted to purchase additional books for the Coweta County Library System’s Senoia branch library at Tuesday’s meeting of the mayor and city council.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

Senoia holds firm on development fees
The agenda for the year’s first meeting of the Senoia City Council held Jan. 7 was relatively light. But considering that the city has not seen staggering effects from the ongoing recession, the vote to maintain the variety of fees charged for development could be beneficial for any new business prospects.
Source: Fayette Citizen

2012 a stellar year for Senoia
Senoia may only have 4,000 residents, but 2012 brought a volume of activity that would be expected in a city many times it’s size.
Source: Fayette Citizen