Somers Cemetery Committee July 13, 2022

Town Hall lower level meeting room 6:30 PM

 

Call to order

 

members present

 

Review and vote to approve May minutes

 

Committee Reports:

Finance BrianWissinger

Sexton - Jay D' Aleo

Landscaping - John Guzie - response to requests to complete:

New West crabgrass removal and re-seeding along driveway

Clearing of dead shrubs next to Champion/ Howard gravesite in Old West

American Legion - Paul Martinello - if needed

Veteran's Office- David Mccaffrey- if needed

DPW - if needed (T. Rolland will not be attending, no new business)

 

Old Business:

Shrub removal, Old West (see above)

Report on Socha plot from Brian Wissinger - buy back completed?

Continued discussion on buy back Review of draft to be sent to Bd. Of Selectmen.

Sexton - Soil on a number of grave sites have settled. Several need more soil &

New Business:

Columbarium pricing update from Jay (private columbarium in grave stones).

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.

Historic gravestone restoration - Call to Jonathan

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.

Report on the request for Center Cemetery to be reseeded, fertilized and use of a watering system. (B. Wissinger in conversation).