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Mount Sterling City Council adopts resolution barring political banners on public property
Summary
The City Council adopted Resolution R10 2025 to restrict banners in public rights of way and on city property to nonpolitical community-event promotions, with the council moving the motion and the clerk recording members uring roll call.
The Mount Sterling City Council adopted Resolution R10 2025 on a motion and second to establish a city policy that banners placed in public rights of way and on city-owned property must promote community events and not be political in nature, the chair said.
The chair told members the policy is intended to preserve the city's nonpartisan character and keep parks "politics free." "We are a nonpartisan government and I think we all want to make sure our parks remain politics free," the chair said.
Under the resolution, requests to install banners that are political or that promote city programs would not be approved. The chair described recent requests for political banners and said the policy clarifies permissible uses.
Council members moved and seconded adoption, and the clerk conducted a roll-call confirmation of members on the motion; the transcript records affirmative responses from members and the council confirmed the committee to consider other business later in the meeting. The resolution is identified in the meeting materials as R10 2025.
The council did not detail an appeal process in the discussion recorded in the transcript. The policy limits banners to nonpolitical community events and removes a pathway for requests to install explicitly political banners in city parks and other public spaces.
