Council passes Church Street park plan after delay

After a mayor’s office plan to accept money for improvements to the Church Street Park downtown caught some councilmembers by surprise, the body passed the plan early Wednesday morning.

Mayor John Cooper assured Councilmember Freddie O’Connell, whose district includes the small park, that the nearly $500,000 in improvements were a temporary plan to prepare the park for the centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment, and not a permanent plan for the park.