By mark Squibb | May 20, 2021
The Town of Bay Bulls has held off on a motion to ask residents to help redesign the town’s flag for the time being.
During the May 10 council meeting, Deputy Mayor Wendy O’Driscoll made the motion that council initiate a flag design contest. Folks would be asked to submit designs for a new town flag that include the current town logo.
Councilor Joan Luby, however, suggested that council postpone it for now.
“Why don’t we wait until we get our strategic plan done?” asked Luby. “They’re doing up all the signs and everything else.”
O’Driscoll said the flag is different than the town logo, or branding.
Chief Administrative Officer Jennifer Aspell explained the strategic plan will likely include a section on branding, especially as it relates to tourism initiatives.
‘So, you could certainly postpone this for a couple of months,” said Aspell. “We had talked about the town flag we have now, which has some damage on the ends, it’s a bit tattered, so we were suggesting moving ahead with it now. But, if you think that there’s a possibility that we might be doing a rebranding, it might be worth waiting.”
Mayor Harold Mullowney said the timing of the redesign isn’t a big issue, and that it can certainly wait.
After the discussion, council decided to vote down the motion to move ahead with the contest.
