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Park improvements slated - but not for old restrooms Several improvements for S.P. Hudson Park were discussed during Monday's Grove Hill Town Council meeting. Town council members approved seeking recreation funds to help rebuild the concession stand that burned last year. The grant will pay $25,000 and the town has $9,000 from the insurance on the building. "The town will put up $16,000 and hopefully that will cover it," said Mayor Lamar Hudson. A resoltution to name the new girls' softball field the "Sonny Gibson Field" was approved. Later in the meeting Pat McGraw asked what was going to be done with the restrooms in the center of the park. "Are they going to be demolished? Something needs to be done. We have people from out of town who go to use those bathrooms and they stop at the door because the smell is so bad." Utilities director Bugg Tarleton suggested boarding the building up. There was more discussion on the possibility of using the building for storage but council members agreed a new slab would have to be poured. Mayor Hudson said he thought tearing it down would be the best thing but no action was taken. Wireless Internet Danny D'Andrea of the Clarke County Wireless committee asked the council for their support in bringing wireless Internet to Clarke County. He explained that a feasibility study would be done in the five municipalities in the county and it would cost about $43,000. Twenty-five thousand dollars has already been pledged and he asked that the Town of Grove Hill contribute $792 toward the study. He also asked permission to attach equipment to the water tanks in town and for a letter of support for the project. Town council members approved all D'Andrea's requests but Mayor Hudson told him the water board would have to approve using the water tanks. Other business A building permit was approved for Jason Gates to move a house to North Church Street. A mobile home permit was approved for Iris Hunt to place a mobile home on Hurd Street. A building permit was approved for Bo Powell to construct a house on North Jackson Street. Michael Patrick of Patrick's Garage and Wrecker Service was added to the town's wrecker rotation list. Town council members approved the purchase of $2,023.60 worth of street signs blown down during bad weather. A resolution was approved to seek a Community Development Block Grant for water improvements on Ezell Street. The entire project will cost $216,000 and the town will match 10 percent of the grant. A decision on whether to hire Mary Pendleton as a town employee to manage the senior citizen center was tabled until ATRC made its decision to hire her for another year. C. J. Arnold and Bob Hedricks gave council members an update on the financial statements and the auditing for the town. McGraw stated she thought the Relay for Life committee should be thanked for their hard work and she also noted that some of the teams did not clean up before they left.
It was decided to seek bids for someone to cut the cemetery with a push mower because the current riding mower used by the contractor was damaging headstones and some areas where the mower could not fit weren't being cut.
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