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Council considers policy that would let residents pay for advisory neighborhood signs
Summary
Council reviewed a draft resolution allowing residents to request advisory signs (drive-slow/children-at-play), with residents paying sign cost (about $90) and public works installing signs; council asked staff to add property-owner consent language and estimate staff time costs.
Isanti City staff presented a draft resolution to allow council-approved, resident-funded advisory signs in neighborhoods.
Under the draft, a resident’s request would go to the city clerk; upon council approval the resident would pay the actual cost of the sign and post (staff estimated roughly $90 for the sign and post). Public works would order and install the sign; staff said installation labor would not be billed to the resident but that the city would invoice the resident for the sign cost and require payment before placement. The resolution would supersede prior resolutions that barred these signs.
Councilmembers discussed whether the sign must be placed on the requestor’s property, whether the property owner must sign approval, and potential fee increases to recover public-works or engineering time. The council asked staff to draft clearer language that the property owner must consent if the sign would be installed on private property and to provide an estimate of staff time and a recommended fee to include those costs when the matter returns for council action.
