Washington’s City Council, during its meeting Monday, will consider approving and accepting Cunningham Recreation’s plan for the Havens Gardens Play Together grant project.

The project would help update the playground at Havens Gardens to make it more accessible for disabled or handicapped children.

The city’s Recreation Advisory Committee reviewed the plan and recommends the council accept it. The plan includes input gathered at a Nov. 21 public meeting on the project. A $225,000 grant from Trillium Health Resources provides the money for the project. Implementing the plan carries an estimated price tag of $264,055.42, according to a project document. Eliminating some of the new playground equipment can reduce the project’s cost.

The equipment includes items such as an expression swing, crow’s nest (complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act), roller slide, merry musical, water sound panel and merry-go-round. The project also includes a custom-made sign to identify the waterfront park.

In other business, the council is scheduled to consider approving an agreement with Willie Allen (doing business as Outback Outfitters & Guide Service) to reduce the deer population by managing hunting rights at Washington-Warren Airport. Allen previously provided such a service at the airport. For a $500 annual payment by Allen, the city would grant him exclusive rights to conduct deer hunts on airport property for the years 2016 through 2020. The hunts, limited to bow hunters, would have to abide by the state’s hunting laws.

The mayor and City Council members, including newcomer Virginia Finnerty, are scheduled to take their oaths of office Monday. Those oaths will be administered by Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons, according to the council’s tentative agenda for the meeting. Afterward, the council is scheduled to elect the city’s mayor pro tempore, who presides over council meetings and other city functions when the mayor is absent or unable to do so.

If the council follows tradition, it will elect the highest vote-getter in the November election, which was Finnerty.

The council meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building, 102 E. Second St. To view the council’s agenda for a specific meeting, visit the city’s web­site at www.washingtonnc.gov, click “Government” then “City Council” heading, then click “Meeting Agendas” on the menu to the right. Then click on the date for the appropriate agenda.