Overview
- The executive committee unanimously forwarded two resolutions to the 21-member board, including an honorary designation for a 3.5-mile stretch of County Trunk Highway K between County Road R and State Highway 144.
- The companion funding measure, estimated at $50,000 for signage, was amended to require private donations rather than a transfer from the county’s general fund.
- Hundreds packed the meeting and largely opposed the proposal, with the committee chair reporting about 250 emails and calls that he said were all against it.
- The designation would be symbolic only, with signs planned near I-41 ramps, and it would not change official addresses or the road’s legal name.
- The board must meet a three-quarter threshold to approve the naming resolution and a two-thirds vote to approve the funding measure, and the committee sent the proposal forward without a recommendation.