(April 20, 2017) The Berlin Naming Parks and Public Spaces Committee is poised to introduce a new public policy at a Town Council meeting as soon as next month.
The committee met last Wednesday to discuss a draft policy prepared by Town Administrator Laura Allen, the staff liaison to the group.
Allen said the protocol was based on one from a community in Florida that Councilman Dean Burrell brought to the committee’s attention during an earlier meeting.
She said Burrell edited that policy to fit the town of Berlin. Allen revised it further, adding samples from other community policies that were discussed by the committee. She then checked the draft against prior meeting minutes to make sure all the major points of discussion were included in the draft, she said.
The document was looked over by Town Attorney David Gaskill, who had no objections.
The meeting last week was just the third by the committee, which was formed in January.
“We’re just working a few kinks out and then I think we’re looking into Mayish to bring it up [during a council meeting],” Councilman Zack Tyndall, the committee chairman, said. “When you get a good group of people and some clear direction it works pretty well.”
Tyndall said the committee was targeting Town Council meetings on either May 8 or June 12. The council would have to vote to ratify the policy.
The Naming Committee will meet again Today, Thursday, at 5:30 p.m. at Berlin Town Hall.