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After being unable last month to decide whether to keep Charlottesville’s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the city’s central square or move it to McIntire Park, the City Council on Monday voted to relocate the statue.

The motion passed on a 3-2 vote, with Mayor Mike Signer and Councilor Kathy Galvin voting against relocating the statue.

In his remarks before the vote, Councilor Bob Fenwick, who deadlocked the council after casting an abstention vote last month to move the statue and, in a separate motion, voting against re-contextualizing the statue in place, the first-term councilor and Army veteran welcomed whatever legal challenges may come as a result of the vote.

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“If you think death threats will stop me, you must not know my background. I’ve been through much worse,” Fenwick said. “I’m aware a lawsuit’s been threatened. I’d welcome one.”

The motion that passed Monday requires city management staff to provide within the next 60 days recommendations for how the statue can be moved.