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Commissioners approve deaf‑child sign installation and waive parental cost; plan to codify policy

5533017 · August 5, 2025
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After a 2000s policy limiting signs and requiring parents to pay installation, commissioners authorized the highway department to install a deaf‑child area sign on Mount Sinai Road and waive the installation cost; they also directed staff to draft an ordinance to place the policy in the county code of ordinances.

The Board of Commissioners authorized the county highway department to install a deaf‑child area sign on a county road and waived the parental cost previously required by policy.

Todd Lisman, Dearborn County engineer, described the county's existing policy, adopted after a 2010 request, that required parents or guardians to pay for sign materials and installation and that limited signs to children under age 13. "At the time, we created a policy that said ... for a…

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