The blinking sign is on the verge of extinction in Senoia.

After discussing a sign variance for the last three months for Barnacle Bob's restaurant, a vote Monday night by the Senoia City Council will rid the city of one of the blinking signs that Mayor Joan Trammell said do not fit with the town's historic image.

Bob Walsh had asked the City Council to give him an extension to try and figure out a way to create a new sign out of the existing structure that sits in front of the restaurant and beckons customers to come in and check out that night's specials.

Trammell said that Walsh had enough time to build a new sign and said the previous month the town had given him 30 days to find another sign with the provision that the blinking lights be turned off on his current sign.

"I've driven by there and seen that sign blinking," Trammell said.

With only three members of the council present, the council voted 2-1 to allow Walsh two more weeks to present a new design for the sign. But during the council's executive session, city clerk Betty Cookman read the city's charter and discovered that the vote had to have three votes to allow the extension, so the sign must now come down.

Former councilman Ken Gordon had suggested during the meeting that the charter called for three votes and Cookman confirmed it after reading the charter.

During previous meetings, the mayor made her feelings known about the sign and said the city's Downtown Development Authority is currently working toward obtaining new signs for entrances into the city that would echo the city's historic past.

With the blinking sign at Barnacle Bob's near the entrance to the city, Trammell said the sign sends the wrong message about the city. Blinking signs are currently outlawed under the city's sign ordinance.

In other news, the council:

Reappointed Pat Pentecost to the city's Planning Commission. Pentecost's term was slated to expire in November, but she will now serve an additional two years.

Announced that nominations are being taken for the planning commission seat currently occupied by Kyle Frank. Frank will serve on the City Council starting in January, so Trammell asked for all interested applicants to apply at City Hall.

Agreed to fund up to $700 for the beautification landscape project at Eastside Elementary School. The school has already rounded up donations from the city's business community to help fund the $1,500 project and Trammell believes the city's donation is a step in the right direction.