Members of the Prattville Parks and Recreation committee expressed concerns Tuesday about the possibility of handing off the 2025 Christmas parade to a third party.

Mayor Bill Gillespie last week pitched the idea of pursuing third-party management of what have traditionally been city parades in an attempt to “keep politics out.”

Several Prattville residents showed up to Tuesday’s committee meeting with small green signs reading “Keep the Christmas parade family friendly,” an apparent call to allow third-party management of the parade and exclude Prattville Pride. Several of the people displaying the signs publicly called for the exclusion of the float last year.

Gillespie listed three reasons Tuesday he believes turning over parade management to a third party would benefit the city.

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