As a way to honor Kewanee residents who died while serving our country in the armed services, there is hereby established an honorary street name sign program as described below. All honorary street name signs shall comply with the guidelines of this program. Honorary street name signs shall not have the effect of changing platted street names or official addresses.
(A) Application process.
(1) To request an honorary street sign designation, citizens must fill out an application for the sign.
(2) Members of the surviving family requesting the honorary sign must be Kewanee residents at the time of application.
(3) The person being honored must have been a Kewanee resident.
(4) The person being honored must have died in combat as determined by the U.S. Department of Defense.
(5) Applications are to be as promulgated by the City Manager.
(6) Completed applications shall be filed with the City Manager.
(B) Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee.
(1) In order to allow proper review of any honorary sign application received, there shall be created an advisory committee to be known as the Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee.
(a) The Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee shall consist of the following persons: Police Chief, Fire Chief, Public Works Department Head, City Manager, and one representative of the Kewanee Veterans Council.
(b) The Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee shall review all applications received, and make recommendations to the City Council as to type of honorary sign to be placed, if any; the location(s) of the sign; and the date for the unveiling ceremony for the sign.
(c) This Committee is advisory in nature only.
(2) The City Council reserves full and final authority regarding honorary street signs and the funding therefor.
(C) Approval process.
(1) Upon submission of an application, the Honorary Street Sign Advisory Committee will provide a letter to the applicant acknowledging receipt of the application, and explaining the approval process.
(2) The Committee shall cause letters to be sent to residents living in the vicinity of the proposed honorary street sign location to inform them of the proposed sign.
(3) If approved, the honorary street sign will be installed on a street sign pole at both ends of a city block. The sign color shall be brown background with white letters and any other ornamentation as deemed appropriate.
(4) The applicant will be notified of the outcome of the application review. If an honorary street sign is approved by the City Council, the proclamation establishing the sign shall contain information as to the date of its installation and unveiling ceremony.
(D) Administrative list.
(1) To supplement the application process in division (A) above, there shall be maintained by city administrative staff a list of all those Kewanee residents listed by the U. S. Department of Defense as having died in combat.
(2) For those whose names appear on this administrative list but for whom no application as described in division (A) above has been submitted, the Honorary Street Sign Committee shall be the applicant, and signs shall be erected for those on the administrative list, subordinate to applications received per division (A) above, and subject to available funding as budgeted on an annual basis.
(Ord. 3604, passed 4-27-09)