Tyrone Town Attorney John Mrosek believes the furor over the town's recent spate of special called meetings will soon die down.

During last Thursday's Tyrone Planning Commission meeting, the planners announced that a joint meeting between the planning commission and the Tyrone Town Council would be held Jan. 30 at 9 a.m. in the morning.

The planning session between the two government agencies was the town's third called meeting in less than a month, but Mrosek said the meetings can be explained.

"The first was a retreat which has been held annually for years. The second meeting was held to make a number of appointments and this last session was for the two bodies get together and look at a long range plan for the town," he said.

The town has come under fire from community activist Janet Smola who questions why a lot of this business conducted at the called meetings couldn't be conducted at regular meetings.

Mrosek says timing has a lot to do with the meetings, especially when you're involving 10 people on two boards.

"When else except a Saturday could you get all these people together at one time for three hours?" he said.

The attorney believes the frequency of the called meetings will decrease as the new council members and planning commission members get more familiar with their jobs. He also believes future called meetings will be announced earlier so that more citizens can attend and will be like a "town hall" meeting.

Citizens interested in attending this Thursday's meeting will find three interesting items on the agenda:

· A discussion of the status of sewer in the town. Town manager Barry Amos presented the council with an overview of its sewer options last fall. The new council is expected to discuss the possibilities ranging from doing nothing to providing sewerage for the entire town.

· A review of proposed changes to the town's sign ordinance.

· A discussion of Gov. Roy Barnes' new transportation initiative to try to cut metro Atlanta's dirty air problem.