The city of Senoia could soon have its first Habitat for Humanity home in town.

Suzanne Pengelly told the City Council Monday night that Habitat had purchased a lot at the intersection of Bridge and Middle Street to build a home.

There's currently a home on the lot, but Habitat officials will tear it down and build a new home on the property, she said.

Habitat has already built about 10 homes in Coweta County, and Pengelly hopes to build that many in Senoia if the land becomes available.

Councilmembers were thrilled with the prospect and Councilman Dianne Cleveland wondered if the resident in the new home would be a Senoia resident.

Pengelly said that is the organization's first preference and said she had already been in contact with Mayor Joan Trammell about possible candidates for the home.

The council voted to waive any building permits for the home and encouraged Pengelly to place a local resident in the home.

In other news, the Council:

•Kept the mayor's pay at $6,000 a year. Councilman Judy Belisle said years ago the council had voted to cut the salary to $3,000 when a city administrator or city manager was hired.

With Leonard Thompson taking over as city administrator, Belisle wanted to know if the salary should be cut.

All the councilmembers said $500 a month is far too little for the amount of work required by the mayor and said the salary should stay the same.

•Tabled an application to join Tree City USA. While the councilmembers support maintaining as much greenspace as possible, they all wanted more information on the organization before throwing their support to it.

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