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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-23-97Approved 7 -30 -97 CITY OF SANFORD CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting of April 23, 1997 Room 255 - City Hall Sanford, Florida PRESENT: Bill Welborn ABSENT: Chris Neal Fred Gaines Marilyn Brisson Howard Jeffries Linda Tucker Bill Welborn gave the invocation. A welcome was extended to our new committee member, Marilyn Brisson. Minutes of January 22, 1997 were read and approved. Old Business: Howard informed the committee that the cemetery signage has been installed and is color coded by sections. The Department has received numerous compliments on the signage since this has been installed. • The condition of Sec. M was discussed. Howard informed the committee that the City has sent letters to all lot owners whose markers were out of line requesting that they be corrected. The majority of the markers have been corrected. The City will straighten the remaining ones. New Business: New Committee officers were appointed. Marilyn Brisson moved to appoint Bill Welborn as Chairman. Seconded by Fred Gaines. Passed. Fred Gaines moved to appoint Chris Neal as Vice Chairman. Seconded by Bill Welborn. Passed. The Committee discussed adding another member to the Committee. It was the consensus of the committee to recommend to the City Commission to add one more member to the committee in order to get a broader input on matters regarding the cemetery. Howard asked what the Committee's thoughts were on putting a stipulation on Sec. J that only flat markers could be installed in that section. The consensus of the committee was not to do this because other sections did not have this stipulation. Howard mentioned that the City has received several requests to inter cremains. He requested an opinion from the Committee if the City should start performing interments of cremains for a fee, or j refer the request to the contractor who performs the opening /closing of graves. The consensus of the Committee was to refer these requests to the contractor. Rules & regulations of the cemetery were discussed briefly. The final consensus of the committee was to have Parks staff draft the recommended changes then have a special meeting to discuss changes needed. Meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. is