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The unanimous decision at Tuesday's commissioners meeting is not the end of the process, as a committee is expected to be named to make a recommendation where the statue will go.
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches its third year in Maine, local governments have taken different tacks in how they conduct public meetings and carry on municipal business.
Patsy Crocket, chairwoman of the Kennebec County commissioners, said with the widespread growth of COVID-19 cases she opted to hold Tuesday's meeting virtually as new cases at the Kennebec County jail prolong the outbreak there.
Beverly Bustin-Hatheway has resigned and the Kennebec County commissioners are appointing Diane Wilson, deputy register since 2011, as acting register to fill the remaining year of the term.
Sheriff Ken Mason says staff members and inmates at the jail in Augusta will begin returning to more normal operations at the end of this week, following a COVID-19 outbreak at the jail announced at the end of November, which is now affecting 32 people.