It has not been decided who will pay the bill, or where the controversial obelisk will end up.

BRADENTON — The controversial Confederate monument that broke during its removal from downtown Bradenton in August will cost roughly $41,500 to repair, according to an analysis submitted to Manatee County last week. Just who will foot the bill has yet to be decided. But before those repairs can even begin, the 8.5-ton granite obelisk will need to find a home.

“We’ll put in an RFP (request for proposal) to repair the monument in place,” said county spokesman Nick Azzara. “You lower your risks and your costs if repairs take place on location, and we’re searching for a site that’s appropriate and respectful. We just don’t have a whole lot of public space available.”

The longstanding monument was descended upon by local protesters last summer following violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over symbolism honoring the defenders of slavery. One activist was killed and dozens were injured in Virginia. Debates over related statuary rippled across the South, and after emotional calls for the removal of the 15-foot obelisk in Bradenton began, commissioners voted 4-3 on Aug. 22 to take it down.

In the early morning hours of Aug. 24, the monument fell and broke apart during its $12,500 disassembly. The 93-year-old marker has been sitting in county storage ever since, with a promise to restore the historic legacy to a public venue. However, officials with Veterans Monument Park on Bradenton’s riverfront quickly rejected the idea of hosting the potentially incendiary touchstone.

Gamble Plantation Historic State Park in nearby Ellenton has been mentioned as the most logical venue. “We already have Confederate memorials here, but that’s a decision that will be made in Tallahassee, not here,” said park manager Kevin Kiser. The only surviving plantation in southern Florida, the Gamble estate is believed to have given brief shelter to Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin before he fled the country.

Donated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1924 to honor the cause of icons Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, the monument awaits a location verdict in the next legislative session. Sources of repair funding have yet to be decided. The cost analysis was conducted by the Karins Engineering Group Inc.