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Commissioners back plan for courthouse patriotic banners to honor veterans, seek funding for brackets
Summary
Brown County commissioners heard a plan to install veteran banners on courthouse poles, estimated initial cost at about $250 per banner (banner + bracket), and discussed fundraising, local vendor quotes, and Boy Scout involvement for installation; the city offered bucket‑truck labor.
A commissioner (S1) updated the board on a patriotic-banner program to honor local veterans at the county courthouse and on adjacent city poles, presenting vendor pricing, installation logistics and a community outreach plan.
S1 said banners cost about $150 each and that each banner needed roughly $100 in one‑time bracket hardware, putting the initial cost per banner at about $250. He described a plan to install brackets on 16 double‑sided poles (32 banner positions) around the courthouse, solicit 32 families to purchase banners for veterans, and use local Boy Scout volunteers to help with installation. The city told the commissioner the poles in the parkway are city‑owned but that city workers would donate bucket‑truck labor for permanent installation.
Commissioners asked about fundraising and grants to cover the estimated one‑time bracket cost (S1 cited a rough $3,200 figure to buy brackets for all poles). S3 noted this could be a community partnership with the American Legion and local volunteers; commissioners asked S1 to obtain photo proofs for initial banners and return with final designs and a funding plan.
No formal county appropriation or vote was taken at the meeting; the item progressed as a discussion and planning request.
