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Charlotte County approves courthouse '200th festival budget and $2,500 Confederate monument sign
Summary
The board approved up to $5,000 (under the administrator's discretion) for an Oct. 8 courthouse bicentennial event and unanimously approved $2,500 to fund a 30" by 54" Confederate monument sign; a public commenter said she reviewed the sign language and was pleased.
Mrs. Kathy Liston and Mrs. Cora St. John presented plans for a Courthouse 200-year celebration scheduled Oct. 8, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., described as a "mini festival" with a band, food trucks, lawn games and cupcakes by the Randolph-Henry culinary department. Liston asked the board for a budget up to $5,000; the board agreed to provide up to that amount under County Administrator Daniel Witt's discretion.
Liston also described a proposed Confederate Monument sign measuring 30 inches by 54 inches and requested $2,000'$2,500 to produce it. Supervisor M. Anthony Reeves moved to approve $2,500 for the sign; Supervisor Walter T. Bailey seconded the motion and all members voted aye.
During public comment Hezteine Foster told the board she had reviewed the sign language and was pleased with the wording; she asked that the entire design be completed and installed at once. Two letters were read into the record: William Potter's letter requesting safety changes on Rolling Hill Road (read by Supervisor Reeves) and a letter from Dean Foster addressing Civil War history and related opinions (read by Supervisor Hamlett).
Later in the meeting, Supervisor Hazel Bowman Smith said she believed it was contradictory for the county to write a letter supporting poultry farmers while the county's zoning ordinance remains restrictive; Chairman Gary D. Walker asked Administrator Witt to send a letter from the county in support of the poultry farmers.
The meeting record does not include the full text of the Confederate Monument sign or the exact language of the county letter referenced; staff were recorded as coordinating the event and signage.
