The City does not have a policy regarding the display of flags at City facilities. The City Council may establish a policy regarding the display of: (1) the United States Flag, (2) the Arizona State Flag, (3) the POW-MIA Flag; (4) the display of the City of Flagstaff Flag (City Flag), and (5) on a temporary pole at City Hall, the display of commemorative flags.

In potentially adopting a flag policy, the City Council has the option to declare that the City’s flagpoles (permanent or temporary) are not intended to serve as a forum for free expression of the public, but rather for the display of Federal, State, the POW-MIA Flag, the City Flag, and a maximum of two commemorative flags per month. In doing so, the City Council could display on a temporary pole one commemorative flag per month, but in no event would the City Council display more than two commemorative flags per month (to be displayed separately - the first commemorative flag for the first half of the month, and the second commemorative flag for the second half of the month), for the ensuing year as determined by the City Council. Authorization by the City Council to display commemorative flags under such a policy would occur in one annual resolution only of the City Council to be considered and potentially adopted in January of each year as an expression of the City’s official sentiments.

Please see executive summary above.