Danny Pettus
CHAIRMAN

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ATTORNEY

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Mayor Steve Holt

Mayor of the City of Florence

110 West College Street June 22, 2020
Florence, AL. 35630

Dear Mayor Holt,

During our conversation today you requested a letter from the Lauderdale County
Commission stating that if the Confederate Memorial Statue was moved by the City of Florence,
the Lauderdale County Commission would not make a claim for any damage to the statue that
occurred during the move. As we discussed today, the Alabama Division President of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy states in a letter dated June 17th, 2020 that the statue in question
was given to the City of Florence, not Lauderdale County. Therefore, if the City Council, based
on this letter, has ownership of the statue, the county would not have any basis for making a

claim for damages to the statue if said damages occurred during the moving process.

Please note that nothing in this letter would prevent a claim by the Commission for

collateral damage to county property during the aforementioned moving process.

Please do not consider this letter as a request to move the statue or an attempt to in?uence
the decision of the council regarding this subject. It is simply a response to your request basically
asking the county to hold the city harmless for damage to the statue if said damage occurs while

the city is moving the statue to the Soldier?s Rest section of the Florence Cemetery.

I hope this letter will suf?ce in meeting your request.

Sincerely,

 

Danny Pettus

Chairman of the Lauderdale County Commission

PO. BOX 1059 FLORENCE, ALABAMA 35631 0 PHONE (256} 760-5750 FAX (256) 760-5703