HOLLY POND — Youth baseball season will soon be in full swing for the town of Holly Pond and spectators will have an expanded list of concessions after the town council reached an agreement with a local business owner on Monday, March 3.

John Bennefield and his wife, Sheree, approached the council Monday to request permission to set up their new business venture — a mobile ice cream parlor called Sweet Addictions — in the parking lot during this season’s games.

Bennefield said Sweet Addictions has reserved locations for a few upcoming events but was still a fresh undertaking that he and his wife were trying to establish. He said he was familiar with how many families frequented the park during the spring and summer months from watching his own children play when they were young and believed it could be a good location to build a strong customer base.

Mayor Carla Hart said allowing a mobile vendor to set up in or near the park would be a first for the town as well, and asked Bennefield what types of rates other locations had been requesting. He explained that rates largely varied. Some he said had established set rates while others took the time of year, and whether or not some type of special event or holiday would be taking place, into consideration.

Some members questioned whether an expanded list of choices could deter patrons from visiting the municipally owned concession stand, subtracting from park funds, but were not in opposition to the proposal.

Councilmember Ricky Carr offered a solution in the middle. He motioned to allow the use of the park to Bennefield once or twice each week during games for a relatively low flat-rate of $25 with the reservation that the town may consider increasing the fee at the end of the season is concession sales took too big of a hit.

Councilmember Gladys Wisner reported that teams had begun practice on Monday and that regular games would begin the first week of April.

In other business the town:

— Approved for the Holly Pond High School Band to host its annual “Pops in the Park” event at Governor’s Park from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.

— Approved a resolution providing for the election of municipal officers.

— Approved an ordinance to regulate heavy-truck traffic in residential areas, which includes Finley Circle beside Jack’s Family Restaurant.

— Announced Jordan Hester had been hired as the new librarian for the Guy Hunt Library.

— Nominated Nancy Robertson and Caroline Pinion to the town’s local library board.

— Approved for council members Carr and Paul Brown to act as voting delegates during the annual convention of the Alabama League of Municipalities.

— Announced its upcoming meeting on April 7 would be held at the Holly Pond High School library at 6 p.m.