City officials address concerns regarding proposed new flag

Topeka city officials are responding to concerns raised regarding the proposed new city flag. Officials plan to ask the city’s mayor and council in coming weeks to consider adopting it, city manager Brent Trout said Tuesday.

City officials have been working to explain to “those that are doubters” that the new flag has the same purpose as the old one, Trout said Tuesday at his monthly news conference with Mayor Michelle De La Isla.

When asked if those doubters include city council members, Trout said that while he didn’t know if he would call them “doubters,” some council members have asked questions about the proposed change.