Children visiting Nichols Park will be the beneficiaries of a gift to the city.
The Woodrow Stubbs Charitable Trust gave a $129,150.55 check to the town and it will be put to use at the park.
At the Tuesday night meeting, mayor Jennifer Munholland recommended using the money to buy, “a large amount of park equipment and put it in honor of them (W.R. and Hazel Stubbs).”
W.R. Stubbs, who died in 2003, was an active member of the Henryetta community. He served as mayor for ten years and was a charter member of the Henryetta Industrial Development Corporation that would later become the Henryetta Economic Development Authority. He also served several years as president of the Henryetta hospital and chairman of the board at First National Bank.
His wife, Hazel, died Nov. 14, 2017.
The donation was the latest in several the Trust gave to the community. A similar amount was given to Henryetta high school in December.
“It’s quite an honor for us to have that much money donated to the city,” she said. “We’ve been talking about improving Nichols Park.”
Munholland said the playground equipment could be placed behind the beach house giving those at the lake and children from the baseball fields a place to have fun.
A plaque honoring both W.R. and Hazel would be placed at the site. No date was given when the playground equipment would be bought and set in place. Council members Ronnie Duke, Christie Jeffcoat and Janna Dugan gave approval for the plan.
At the Tuesday night meeting, the city amended an ordinance dealing with possession of marijuana.
The amendment will allow a person holding a medical marijuana license possess up to three ounces on them, own six marijuana plants and six seeding plants, one ounce of concentrated marijuana, 72 ounces of edible marijuana and have up to eight ounces in their home.
“We mimicked the state statute,” said city attorney John Insabella.
Under the ordinance, if a person has marijuana in their possession but cannot provide a license, they can be fined $400.
Munholland said the city has received calls about grow houses and dispensaries, “but no one has followed through,” she added.
There are limits on the location of those dispensaries and grow houses but the ordinance adopted Tuesday does not address it.