Hall County commissioners will start off the new year with a bang Thursday, taking a likely vote to move the North Hall library from Nopone Road to the town of Clermont.

Commissioner Ashley Bell and Commissioners-elect Scott Gibbs and Craig Lutz announced Nov. 11 they would hold an emergency meeting Jan. 6 to reverse the vote taken by the commission that day to approve a $9.73 million contract for the construction of the combination park, community center and library on Nopone Road.

Chairman Tom Oliver and Commissioner Billy Powell have said the county is too far along with the Nopone Road project to change it now. The contract for the project has already been awarded and design work has been completed.

Following the commission's vote in February to put the North Hall library on Nopone Road, Clermont residents were outraged, claiming the county had promised it would be in their town. Clermont sued the county in April. A Hall County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the county, saying they broke no laws by deciding to change the location of the facility.

Bell, Gibbs and Lutz will have a majority of the votes on the five-member board to reverse the vote to move forward with the Nopone Road facility in favor of a library in Clermont.

The commission will also discuss the possibility of suspending the Cool Springs Park project, which is planned on donated land in Northwest Hall.

Bell said he would like to wait to develop the park until the economy recovers.

"We're going to vote to halt the Cool Springs project in order to reassess our priorities," Bell said. "My thinking is just stop it for now ... before we spread ourselves too thin."

The county has estimated the Cool Springs park will cost between $4 million and $5 million to develop, paid for by sales tax dollars from SPLOST V and impact fees. Plans for the park include ball fields, a playground and skateboarding facilities.

Powell has been a strong advocate for the Cool Spring Park, which is planned in a portion of his district that does not have a county facility.

Both SPLOST V and VI had funds set aside for a park in North Hall. In 2009, the commission voted to create a park on the donated Cool Springs land using leftover funds from SPLOST V. Shortly afterward, commissioners approved the use of SPLOST VI funds for the North Hall park on land purchased at Nopone Road.

Gibbs and Lutz will be sworn in this week, replacing commissioners Bobby Banks and Steve Gailey.