Somers Cemetery Committee July 13, 2022

Town Hall lower level meeting room 6:30 PM

1. Call to order

2. members present

3. Review and vote to approve May minutes

4. Committee Reports:
   1. Finance BrianWissinger
   2. Sexton – Jay D’ Aleo
   3. Landscaping – John Guzie – response to requests to complete:
      1. New West crabgrass removal and re-seeding along driveway
      2. Clearing of dead shrubs next to Champion/ Howard gravesite in Old West
   4. American Legion – Paul Martinello – if needed
   5. Veteran’s Office- David Mccaffrey- if needed
   6. DPW – if needed (T. Rolland will not be attending, no new business)

5. Old Business:
6. Shrub removal, Old West (see above)
7. Report on Socha plot from Brian Wissinger – buy back completed?
8. Continued discussion on buy back Review of draft to be sent to Bd. Of Selectmen.
9. Sexton – Soil on a number of grave sites have settled. Several need more soil &
10. New Business:
11. Columbarium pricing update from Jay (private columbarium in grave stones).
12. Report from Ann Levesque updating a “No” vote on the dog waste station, instead looking for volunteers to pursue a possible dog park by another group.
13. Historic gravestone restoration – Call to Jonathan
14. Brian Wissinger requests through a client’s verbal request (Kulas) to combine plots #350 & 351 in Center Cemetery in order to have a combination headstone. Written request to the committee will be required.
15. Report on the request for Center Cemetery to be reseeded, fertilized and use of a watering system. (B. Wissinger in conversation).