DURHAM, N.C. -- A 12-member committee on Confederate monuments is working to make a recommendation on what should be done about the existing statues and memorials.

• Meeting comes after a Confederate statue was toppled last year.
• Eight more meetings will be held.
• Recommendation expected in November.

It comes after the city council and county commissioners formed the select committee following the toppling of a Confederate statue outside of the old Durham County Courthouse last year.

A co-chair of the committee says they plan to stay objective while making a recommendation that's right for the city and county.

“Well when you get a phone call from the Mayor and you were born in Durham and you’ve lived in Durham, and was part of the desegregation of elementary schools in Durham... I was one of the youngest to integrate back in 1963. I felt it’s probably my civic obligation," said Charmaine McKissick-Melton, Ph.D.

The committee has eight more meetings between now and October.

They hope to make a recommendation in November.