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Committee directs staff to price flagpole lowering devices and lighting for downtown poles
Summary
Brainerd Safety and Public Works Committee asked staff to return with pricing for a portable device that lets staff lower and raise street flagpoles without a lift and for lighting options for four downtown poles; motion passed unanimously.
The Brainerd Safety and Public Works Committee on Oct. 12 directed staff to return with cost estimates for a mechanical device that allows staff to lower and raise downtown flagpoles without a lift and for lighting solutions for the remaining poles on Front Street.
Committee members discussed a device Park Maintenance Foreman Troy installed that uses a lockable pulley and ratchet to make a pole operable from ground level, avoiding the need to rent a lift. Public Works Director Mike Habegorst said the device is portable and…
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