NATCHEZ &8212; Some county officials are hesitant to support a city-county consolidation plan like Mayor Phillip West wants.

Adams County Board of Supervisors President Darryl Grennell said while he supports the idea of combining resources, he thinks a total merger of city and county governments is unrealistic.

West said Wednesday he wanted to see the county and city combined into one governmental entity.

Grennell said Thursday he supports consolidating services like law enforcement and public works, but he thinks the complications of organizing a total consolidation are too much.

&8220;I think it&8217;s going to be a long process to figure out mechanically how we do it,&8221; Grennell said. &8220;It would take a whole lot of brainstorming to figure out how to work everything out.&8221;

Instead of consolidating governments, Grennell suggested combining services.

&8220;Maybe consolidate some of the services we have in common,&8221; he said. &8220;That would create a savings for the taxpayers.&8221;

Supervisor Henry Watts said he would want to know how much consolidation would cost before he supported it.

Watts said he was in favor of streamlining government so it runs more efficiently, but he would want a cost-benefit analysis before he agreed to a consolidation.

&8220;Do the benefits outweigh the costs?&8221; Watts said. &8220;Is it going to benefit the whole county, and how are we going to pay for it?&8221;

Watts said he also would want to know how planning and zoning would work under a consolidated government.

Adams County Sheriff Ronny Brown said he would be interested in talking about consolidation.

Organizing a combined law enforcement agency might be a challenge, he said.

County Attorney Robert &8220;Bob&8221; Latham said he thought it would be a good idea the city and county could probably save money by combining forces.

One of the concerns, though is county taxpayers might pay new taxes and not get city benefits.

&8220;We would still have to make some sort of adjustment,&8221; Latham said. &8220;It wouldn&8217;t be fair to have county people paying for services they don&8217;t use.&8221;

Latham suggested prorating taxes so citizens only paid for services they received.