• History buffs in Fayette have 60 days to look into an alternative site for one of four houses on Long Street in Fayetteville that has historic significance.

Neil Reed, a famous Atlanta architect in the 1920s, did some design work on the Dorsey house at 205 Long Street, county historian Carolyn Cary told the commissioners during their meeting Thursday.

Members of the Fayette County Historical Society and the county Heritage Committee want time to determine whether the house can be moved and preserved before the county tears it down to make way for a jail and judicial complex.

Commissioners tabled a decision on the fate of the house for 60 days.

• The old Stonewall Village, now known as the Fayette County Administrative Complex, will be getting a face lift soon.

County commissioners Thursday approved Meiller Painting Company's $13,700 bid to apply a fresh coat of paint to the complex.

• Fayetteville City Council this week will discuss a proposed new zoning category for offices in the Fayette Community Hospital area, with plans to act on the ordinance next Monday.

The law would allow use of the category on parcels of an acre or more within 1,000 feet of the hospital. Parcels farther away would have to be 20 acres or more to qualify for the category.

The council work session is Wednesday at 7 p.m. The business meeting is Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. Both meetings are at City Hall.

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