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Committee moves toward naming policy that would bar buildings being named for living people and raise nomination threshold
Summary
Committee members signaled support for a draft naming ordinance that would require board action to name county facilities, require nominees be deceased and route nominations through the F&A committee or a majority of a quorum; members debated whether to exclude roads and whether to limit naming to non-building elements such as rooms or bridges.
The Financial and Administrative Committee discussed a proposed ordinance to govern the naming of county facilities and provided staff with direction to draft formal language for consideration.
Staff presented a draft that would require any naming or renaming of county-owned land, parks, buildings and structures to be done by ordinance or formal board action and proposed criteria for nomination including a positive image, broad public support and service to Lake…
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