(a) 
Creation; purpose.
A naming board of the city council is hereby created for the purpose of bringing recommendations to the city council for the naming of city facilities which include parks, buildings, streets and other publicly owned facilities.
(b) 
Composition; appointments; recommendations.
The naming board shall consist of three council members who shall be appointed annually on or before November 1 to serve one year terms. The appointment shall be made by the mayor subject to city council approval. It shall be the duty of the board to receive and screen information presented to it which relates to the naming of a city facility. Any one wishing to submit a name for consideration by the naming board shall submit same to the city secretary who, in turn, shall keep a record thereof and submit each name to the board for consideration. The naming board shall make a recommendation to the city council. If a park and recreation department facility is to be named, the naming board shall request of the park and recreation board its input prior to submission of a recommendation by the naming board to the council. The city council shall take action to accept or reject the naming board's recommendation.
(Ordinance 2517, § 3, adopted 9/25/2000)
The following guidelines shall be followed in arriving at a name for a city facility:
(1) 
When giving a name to a facility in honor of a person, living or dead, that person must have made a significant contribution to the community or must have been an outstanding community leader.
(2) 
If the naming board, or council, is considering the name of a deceased person, 90 days must have elapsed since that person's date of death.
(3) 
If the naming board, or council, is considering the name of a retired city employee or elected official, 90 days must have elapsed since retirement (employee) or leaving office (public official).
(4) 
No more than one city facility shall be named after any one person. A name may be repeated only for purposes of being added to a ring of honor.
(5) 
The naming board shall, as part of its duties, do a background search on any person it recommends and shall ascertain affirmatively that the person's name is appropriate for the naming of the subject facility.
(6) 
Names considered which do not meet these guidelines may only be selected, if approved by at least three-fourths vote of the council.
(Ordinance 2517, § 4, adopted 9/25/2000; Ordinance 3888 adopted 1/27/2025)