The Brandenburg City Council met during a special called midday meeting Wednesday (11/16) to discuss the acceptance of the Confederate Monument which is to removed by the city of Louisville.
With several members of the public and news media in attendance, Brandenburg Mayor Ronnie Joyner read an announcement from the City of Louisville regarding Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s decision to relocate the monument to Brandenburg. The relocation will take a few weeks to complete. A newly cleared bank overlooking the Ohio River has a concrete footing poured and awaiting the 70 foot, 140,000 pound structure will be the most famed historical marker along the Brandenburg Riverfront.
According to Mayor Joyner, the monument will be gifted to the city of Brandenburg and an inter local agreement between the city and Meade County Fiscal Court will need to be drafted to cover the land and monument responsibilities. Mayor Joyner said that a oversight committee will need to be set up to over see the monument and funding to maintain it.
City Council members approved entering into a inter local agreement with the county to propel the project ahead. Mayor Joyner anticipates the city’s investment less than $10,000 monument’s move so far. He expects some other costs along the way.
The addition of the Confederate Monument is the be viewed a controversial marker about black or white or north or south. Mayor Joyner said that plans are in the beginning phase of having the a civil war display that honors the soldiers of the Confederacy and the Union and can be a educational site for future generations to understand our nation’s and community’s history.
Meade County Fiscal Court is expected to take action on the inter local agreement during their next regular meeting on December 13.
You can watch more about the Confederate Monument in our “On Demand” section.
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