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Board - Committee - commission - Council:
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Date: 2021-11-09 Time: 6:OOPM
Building: Town Hall Location: Berger Rm
Address:
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
RECEIVED
TOWN CLERK
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Virginia Blodgett, Ron Stortz, William Brown, Carl McFadden, Brian Boyle,
Caitlin Salmon, Diane Naczas
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Michael Hannaford, Supervisor; Michael O'Halloran, Administrative Specialist
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Caitlin Salmon
Topics of Discussion:
Town of Reading
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Pursuant to a meeting legally posted, the meeting of November 9, 2021 convened at 6:00 P.M. in
the Berger Rm, 16 Lowell St, Reading Town Hall.
Present: Carl McFadden, Chairman
Virginia Blodgett, Vice Chairman
Caitlin Salmon, Secretary
William Brown
Ron Stortz
Brian Boyle
Diane Naczas Associate Member
Absent:
Also Present: Michael Hannaford, Supervisor; Michael O'Halloran, Administrative
Review of Past Meeting Minutes
The minutes of November 9, 2021 were reviewed and approved as amended by a vote of 6-0 on
a motion by Virginia Blodgett and seconded by Carl McFadden.
General Business
William Brown questioned moving some funds so that it could earn interest, Carl will put a call
in to find out if that is a doable thing.
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Girmy introduced Rob Sumbian — who was discussed at the last meeting. Has been repairing
stone for about 6 years now — works completely alone. Won't have to pay until the work is
done. However, location, size, material are all factors into the price. Most will be less than
$200.00 to pull out of the ground and straighten. But the more repair the stone needs, the more it
will cost. He does agree that it is time to start repairing. He will do mostly everything onsite.
Cleans using D2. Able to get references.
Historic preservation of old burial grounds. Works on the old tombs to re-stabilize/repair them.
Has worked in Salem and Gloucester, currently Saugus and Burlington. Will sit down with the
Supervisor of Cemeteries to get a list of graves that want/need repair and by the end of the
season they will be done. Once communities are seeing it done, the do appreciate the work.
How does the selection process work? He can do anything — old/new whatever the Town wants.
Usually it is done with major significance, followed by Town significance, then by sections.
Burlington — currently doing a "5-year process" — broke the burial grounds into 5 components
(close to 300 stones). All the funds don't necessarily a need to come out of Cemetery funds.
Definitely a need to be done within Reading cemeteries. Stated that if we have the pieces — he
can put them back together. He will work with the Historical Committee to find the stones that
have historical significance.
Laurel Hill would be the first, starting in the old cemetery. Approximately a total of 300 in that
section, maybe not all need repair, but probably most.
Scattering Garden- Elise isn't here, will put it on the agenda for next time.
Main Gate at Laurel Hill — other projects are ahead of replacing/repairing the gate.
Adiourn
The meeting adjourned at 6:59 PM. The next meeting is scheduled for January 5, 2022.
Respectfully submitted,
Salmon
aitlin
Secretary
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