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The Charlottesville City Council is expected to decide Monday whether to designate a stretch of Fourth Street as Heather Heyer Way.

City police spent $70,000 to cover rally About 70 percent of that went to paying deputies, jailers, a psychologist and overtime to Charlottesville police.

Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal who was protesting a white nationalist rally downtown Aug. 12, died after a car rammed into a crowd of pedestrians gathered at the intersection of Fourth and Water streets. Dozens more were injured in the incident, which has become the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. James A. Fields Jr., of Ohio, is charged with second-degree murder and other charges.

The honorary designation, which according to city staff is meant to commemorate individuals or events that have “made an important and lasting contribution” to the city or represent a key part of its history, would “pay tribute to Ms. Heyer’s dedication to justice, fairness and positive social change.”

The designation would apply to the section of Fourth Street between Market and Water streets, a staff report says, and the official street name would not change. Each honorary street sign would cost the city $500 to fabricate and install, according to the staff report.

The report says Heyer’s mother, Susan Bro, supports the idea.