Commissioners ask that decision be opened up for more public input
The Mower County Board of Commissioners, during their meeting Tuesday morning, unanimously approved a resolution asking Gov. Tim Walz, as well as Mower’s legislative delegation to reject the new Minnesota flag and seal through the work of the State Emblems Redesign Commission.
Commissioners took issue with the way the process of determining the flag was carried out, as well as citing in the resolution negative feedback of the public and that elected legislative officials should have been overseeing the process.
Mower County Administrator Trish Harren Gjersik said that the county was never notified of how exactly the process would be carried out and that Mower County had already established its budget for the year.
“Statewide, this is a huge unfunded mandate,” she said and went on to say that there was a lack of communication to go along with the lack of public input.
Photos courtesy of the State Emblems Redesign Commission.