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HCAAC recommends City allow family-funded memorial bench for Colly family at City Park
Summary
At its April 2 meeting, the Havelock Community Arts and Appearance Committee recommended that Recreation Director Kelvin Hardesty and the City allow a family-funded memorial bench for the Colly family at City Park; the motion passed (vote tally not specified).
Lorraine Butler, chair of the Havelock Community Arts and Appearance Committee, oversaw a motion recommending that Recreation Director Kelvin Hardesty and the City of Havelock allow placement of a memorial bench at City Park in memory of the Colly family.
Guest Kristi Waits asked for permission to place the bench and said she and local friends would purchase it. Waits told the committee she has been coordinating with Kelvin Hardesty, the city’s recreation director, and said she was “just waiting on permission.”
Committee member Haven Hepburn moved that HCAAC recommend approval of the bench placement at City Park at the family’s expense; Karen Lewis seconded. Discussion followed and the motion passed. The minutes do not record a roll-call tally or any conditions attached to the recommendation.
The recommendation is advisory: the request was made to Recreation Director Kelvin Hardesty and the City. The minutes do not state whether the city administration or Parks and Recreation staff accepted the recommendation or what the next administrative steps will be. The committee’s action authorizes HCAAC to convey support to city staff but does not, by itself, constitute final city approval.
The committee’s next regular meeting is May 7 at 6:30 p.m.; the minutes list the next Board of Commissioners meeting as April 27 at 7 p.m.
