The Flomaton Town Council is looking for solutions to stop the vandalism at Oaks Common Park on Martin Luther King Drive after multiple concrete benches were destroyed.
Councilwoman Lillian Dean, who represents the district, said citizens of the community stepped up and purchased 12 concrete benches and only four are left.
“All have been broken up,” Dean said. “People now just want to take the others home. I just can't understand.”
Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., said Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye can't keep the park up because people keep tearing things up. He noted that Hurricane Park had only been seriously vandalized one time when the playground equipment was destroyed.
Flomaton resident Christopher Bingham was arrested for the vandalism at Hurricane Park and ordered to pay restitution.
Town Attorney Chuck Johns suggested getting in contact with District Judge Jeff White about possible grant money from Project Turnaround to address the problem.
Councilman Buster Crapps said the town needed to get some cameras “and burn the folks” caugh
t tearing up the park.
“We've just got a bad problem over at Mrs. Dean's place,” Mayor Bondurant said.
In other business Monday, the council:
- Hired Jamie Young as the town's new billing clerk.
- Agreed to place several road bumps on various roads in Flomaton.
- Was presented with a 'service request form' where council members can request things to be addressed, such as pot holes and water leaks, that will be left at town hall.
- Agreed to move a police car that has no tag to the back of the police station. Councilman Crapps said the town needed to lead by example and that it had a police car with no tag parked on Ringold Street down from town hall.
