A law that would ban smoking in many public places did not make it onto the Macon City Council's agenda Tuesday night.

On Monday night sponsors of the ordinance said they planned to try and overrule the decision of the Ordinances and Resolutions Committee to keep the law off council's agenda.

But ordnance co-sponsor Nancy White says with qualifying going on this week supporters decided to hold off.

Macon City Council plans to consider a resolution to put a police substation in the Village Green neighborhood, according to councilman Ed DeFore.

Councilmen DeFore, James Timley and Mike Cranford sponsored the resolution, which may be discussed in Public Safety Committee meetings next week.

DeFore says he spoke to Macon Police Chief Mike Burns, and Burns called it a "good idea."

So far the idea is still in the planning stages. DeFore says he'd like to have at least one police officer patrolling the area at all times.

Instead of building a substation, DeFore says they would operate out of a neighborhood home which they would convert.

DeFore says the people of Village Green need help to force crime from their neighborhood.

He says about six years ago the police force arranged to have an officer rent a home in the neighborhood for $1 a year. DeFore says he believes crime improved as a result.

Clarence Thomas with Macon's Parks and Recreation Department joined us in the studio to talk about two summer programs they have coming up, including disc golf for seniors and black-top basketball for men.