You want a 5 man council ordering SIGNIFICANT historical monuments out?? cuz they are perceived by some as offensive??
Who owns the monuments is the primary factor.
In New Orleans the city council decided to take down the Confederate monuments. That was well within thier powers. And a future city council will have the power to return the monuments.
I actually went to a rally at Lee Circle a couple weeks ago as I opposed the removal of the Lee statue.
My reason for opposing its removal may be different than others. I saw the Robert E. Lee statue and Lee Circle as a city landmark, both cultural, historical and geographic and a vital element of the city.
But it was not my statue, it belonged to the City of New Orleans.