The Goodrich City Council approved a site for nature, and discussed a few upcoming holiday celebrations in their regular meeting for October Thursday.
On Oct. 26, the Goodrich Council and Fire Department will hand out candy in an early celebration of Halloween. The drive-thru event will be 5-7 p.m. on that Saturday.
Goodrich Mayor Kelly Nelson said there is an average of 100 people that attend the event, with as many as 125.
Council also approved a monarch butterfly waystation that will sit near the center of town. The waystation will be on Loop 393 at FM 1988.
Each year, the Livingston Rotary takes on a community project and applies for grants to complete them. This year, they got involved with the Texas Master Naturalists organization. There are already pollination and way stations similar in the area.
Rotary has applied for a grant totaling over $4,500 to cover the costs. The high-dollar item in the grant would cover a sprinkler system for drought-like conditions.
Council member Ty Grubbs questioned who would be responsible for upkeep of the station's irrigation system.
"(Who takes care of it) 10 years from now when those pipes are dry rotted and it freezes and there is a $700 water bill?" Grubbs asked.
The property owner said that she would not be taking part in upkeep, and that it would be the responsibility of the Livingston Rotary Club.
"If they ever lose interest in it, I will turn the water off and it will just be what it is," property owner Brenda Hambrick said. "I am willing to let them use a good piece of my property for the sake of the butterflies. But, if they lose interest in it, I'll clean it up. I hope it never gets to where it will be a problem, because it would be great for the butterflies."
Also discussed was the Christmas activities. Goodrich will again celebrate Christmas on the first Saturday in December, which is Dec. 7 this year. The action will begin at 9 a.m. with a parade held at 6 p.m.
Goodrich secretary Felicia Garrett said vendors are already calling to reserve tables for the event. Council member Mary Orozco helped begin a new tradition last year, where people help decorate the town tree with angels. Those angels are usually purchased in memory of a loved one who have been lost in previous years.
