HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Cemetery Sextons - 11/09/2021South Burlington Cemetery Sexton Meeting Minutes November 9, 2021 Donna called the meeting of the South Burlington Cemetery Sextons to order at 7:00 PM. The meeting was held at City Hall with all members present (Donna Kinville, Peter Taylor, Christopher Thrane and myself) and the Other Paper joining via Zoom. I. Review of Agenda– There were no additions, deletions or changes. II. Comments and Questions from the Public – There were none. III. Approve minutes of 16 Jun 2021 – Peter made a motion to approve and all voted in favor. IV. Meet new members – We each introduced ourselves with a short bio and why were interested in being on this committee. V. Election of officers – Donna was selected as Chair, Chris as Vice-Chair and Maureen as secretary.
VI. Review for new sextons – Donna and Peter shared and reviewed the activities of the past three years. Donna has put together a binder with many details about both cemeteries VII. Discussion on next steps – a. Prioritizing cemetery issues i. Mapping the cemeteries - Lidar's laser pulses can penetrate ground cover to record the shape of the ground below. Maureen, Chris and Donna will work together on a plan to map the information we currently have on file. ii. Cemetery Head Stone Straightening – Maureen will contact the
Vermont Old Cemetery Association (VOCA) to see if they would be willing to assist us next year. iii. Eldridge - Ask the Highway Department to repair fence along the south-west corner (keeping cedars that are there and possibly putting a bollard at corner of fence to protect it from future damage). Follow-up with Helen and Airport about replacement of South fence and seek retention of trees and shrubs on that side of the Cemetery. iv. Shelburne Road - Ask the Highway Department to repair fence and clean the swale area. Also ask the City Manager to contact adjacent property owners to see if they will discontinue using those adjacent areas for snow removal. As well as ask the City Arborist to return to the cemetery and mark the trees that can be removed.
v. Vaults, size of plots (currently 3½ x 10), green burials, and cost of plots - Chris will contact other cemeteries and report back to the committee. Donna will share what information she has received from other Town Clerks. vi. Corner markers – who installs them? b. Tent sites in cemeteries – The tents are no longer there, and we thank the City and Police for their work on the Shelburne Road cemetery.
Maureen made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Donna and approved by all. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 PM Minutes submitted on: November 14, 2021 Minutes approved on: December 7, 2021