North Judson Deputy Clerk Peggy Paulich presented town officials with some different options for Christmas decorations during the first council meeting of the month.
Paulich presented the council with information from the companies Temple Display and Display Sales and noted that Theresa Roy assisted her with the research.
She obtained a quote to purchase snowflake decorations for downtown and the highway as well as a quote for decorations similar to the ones that have lined State Road 10 in recent years.
She said the ones from Temple Display are American made and would have a 6-year warranty.
Paulich mentioned that the ones from Display Sales would be about $5,000 less for the same amount of decorations.
However, she said the snowflakes were about a half a foot smaller and added that the warranty for those was only 5 years and that the decorations are made in China.
LED lights would be utilized for the decorations, regardless of the company but Paulich said that the representative from Display Sales told her they offer something unique.
She explained, “He also stated he had a new technology that he stated the other companies didn’t have.”
Paulich continued, “They’re called light bars, they’re a new thing in LED lights and they’re supposed to be like shockingly brighter, I guess, compared to normal LED.”
The Deputy Clerk also alerted the council and Town Superintendent Joe Leszek that regardless of the decorations selected they will not be able to utilize the banner brackets on the poles because they’re a different size.
In recent years, the company that the Town rents the decorations from has also taken care of putting them up. However, Superintendent Leszek said that if officials move forward with purchasing decorations, the Utility Department would have no problem installing them.
He explained, “We have to take down the banners in the fall, so whether we’re up there hooking up a snowflake while we’re taking down the banners, we’re already up there at the pole.”
Paulich was asked to see if she could get a sample from each company so they can get a better idea of what they look like and test fit them on the poles. Council President John Rowe said they could afford to purchase the samples if they need to.
