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Board -Committee -Commission -Council:
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Date: 2024-03-04 Time: 6:OOPM
Building: Location: Berger Rm
Address:
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
Virginia Blodgett, Ron Stortz, Brian Boyle, William Brown, Caitlin Salmon,
Members - Not Present: Carl McFadden, Sally Hilgendorff
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
Monday, March 4, 2024
Pursuant to a meeting legally posted, the meeting of March 4, 2024 convened at 6:03 P.M. in
person in the Berger Room at Reading Town Hall.
Present: Virginia Blodgett, Chairman
Ron Stortz, Vice Chair
Caitlin Salmon, Secretary
William Brown
Brian Boyle
Absent: Carl McFadden
Sally Hilgedorff
Also Present: Michael Hannaford, Supervisor
Michael O'Halloran, Administration
Review of Past Meetin¢ Minutes
Meeting was called to order at 6:03 by Virginia Blodgett seconded by Caitlin Salmon.
The minutes of December 4, 2023 were reviewed and approved as written by a
vote of 5-0, on a motion by William Brown seconded Ron Stortz.
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Town of Reading
Meeting Minutes
Discuasiou -Gravestone Restoration Update & Funding
• Beginning of January — noticed a bit of work had already been started on the gravestone
restoration.
• Said they would finish, but unsure if any more work has been done.
• Fourteen more stones have been given to them, even though initial work hasn't been
done.
o Each Stone that have been worked on still need more work — Stones have been
started by are being left incomplete
o These 14 put us up to the $35,000
• Went out to bid and should be back within the next 1-2 weeks.
• The markers are in for the Revolutionary War soldiers and will be up for Memorial Day
o Kings colors flags will be used this year on Colonial graves
o Betsy Ross flags being put on the new Revolutionary markers
o Colonial markers will be paid for by Parker Tavern
General Business
Cemetery Pricing
• Do we want to raise the cost of 2 grave lots — from $4,000 to possibly $5,000 (25%)
• Saturday overtime charges may want to be looked at
• All will be looked at a little more closely in the coming months
Wood End Layout — almost finalized
• Preliminary of new development backs up to Batchelder Rd
• In very back— providing separation, will be space for 286 Um Garden lots
• Plan gives 22 — 3 grave lots
• Plan gives 265 — 2 grave lots
Rules and Regulations — Bill Brown
• Grave Rubbings — Who enforces that rubbings are not allowed?
Next Meeting Monday, May 13th, 2024 at 6:00.
Adiourn
The meeting was adjourned at 6:36 by William Brown and second by Brian Boyle.
Caitlin Salmon, Secretary
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