Sons of Norway hall is a historic building in Petersburg.
“We now have a historic preservation commission,” said Vice Mayor Cindi Lagoudakis at Monday’s assembly meeting. “The supporters of the petition informed the ordinance would promote and enhance knowledge of the history of Petersburg.”
The ordinance readopts provisions of an old city ordinance which lays out the appointments and duties of a Historical Preservation Commission.
The borough commission will be comprised of seven volunteers who will advise the assembly on historic matters. One of the main goals of the commission will be to develop a local historic preservation plan.
The seven members will be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the assembly. Ideally, they would include an architect or a historical architect, an archaeologist, a historian, and someone from the Clausen Museum.
Also, one member will be either an assembly member or appointee of the assembly and one member will be from the planning commission or appointed by them.
Initially, the commission members will serve split terms of one, two, and three years. After that, they will all be three year terms.
