A committee of ten — four developers or builders and six non-developers — will study Fayette County's need for future services and facilities and look for a way to get new developments to pay some of the cost.

County commissioners last week reversed an earlier decision to name nine members, choosing ten instead so that a state requirement that such committees have a 60-40 mix of non-developers and developers could be met with round numbers.

The group is charged with making recommendations to the commissioners concerning impact fees, which are charged to developers, in addition to ordinary taxes, to help defray the cost of additional services and facilities made necessary by their developments.

State law that enables counties to charge impact fees requires that the committee determine the actual cost to the county of new development and the actual cost of planned capital improvements.

The county is then allowed to charge developers fees that cover the portion of those improvements brought about by the developments, with existing taxpayers picking up the rest of the bill.

Choosing from a list of 17 volunteers, commissioners named the following:

Developers — Michael Rosetti, president of Ravin Homes; Steve Enterkin, owner of Steve Enterkin Homes Inc. and Enterkin and Associates real estate brokers; Rosemary Beebe, associate broker for Re/Max All Stars Inc.; Derryll Anderson, also with Re/Max All Stars.

Non-developers — Stephen Kiser, a Peachtree City lawyer; William Moon Jr., a professor of management and economics at Clayton College and State University; Otis Scogin, retired Delta Airlines worker and former College Park city councilman; Mary Shaver, retired procurement engineer with Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Bob Todd, retired teacher, counselor and administrator and former member of the Fayette County Board of Education; Douglas Powell, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army.

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