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MINUTES
CHAIRPERSON
ORDER AT 5:00 P.M. AND KIP KELSO THEN LED THE
AUDIENCE IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
SAM COBURN CALLED THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE MEETING TO
COMMITTEE AND
MR. ALLEN SCHOFIELD
MRS. YOLANDA PAYANT
MRS. FLORENCE PHELAN
MRS. ELSIE PLYLER
MR. SAM COBURN
ROLL CALL:
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
MR. DANIEL POTTINGER (EXCUSED)
MR. TIM JOBE
COUNCILMAN PETER VALLONE (EXCUSED)
ALSO PRESENT:
MR. KIP KELSO, SEXTON
ACCEPT MINUTES OF OCTOBER 3, 1986
MOTION BY MR. SCHOFIELD, SECONDED BY MRS. PHELAN, TO ACCEPT THE
MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 3, 1986, MEETING AS PRESENTED.
ALL AYES
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY CHAIRPERSON SAM COBURN TO MOVE MRS.
PALMER TO OLD BUSINESS AS THIS IS IN FACT,
DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING.
FIELDING AND MRS.
THE SAME MATTER
ROLL CALL VOTE:
ALL AYES:
MOTION CARRIED
OLD BUSINESS:
DECISION ON MRS. SAVAGE MATTER:
MRS. SAVAGE MATTER SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE
ENFORCEMENT BOARD FOR ACTION, IF IN FACT THIS IS NECESSARY.
CODE
MRS. PALMER SPOKE FOR MRS.
SHRUBS AND GRASS AT THE CEMETERY.
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA.
FUNDS FOR SOD AND MAINTENANCE.
FIELDING ABOUT THE PLANTING OF
SHE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO
QUESTIONED THE ALLOCATION OF
CEMETERY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 7, 1986 PAGE 2
DISCUSSION OF WHY SODDING HAD NOT OCCURRED ALREADY IN THE OPEN
SECTIONS OF THE CEMETERY. WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S
ATTENTION.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON A REQUEST TO PERMIT UPRIGHT MARKERS FOR
SOME SECTIONS OF THE CEMETERY. MRS. PALMER FEELS STRONGLY THAT
IT SHOULD BE A MATTER OF CHOICE.
CHAIRPERSON'S MATTERS:
THE MATTER OF A MOTION BY MR. POTTINGER AT A PREVIOUS
MEETING WAS TABLED AS IT WAS NOT ADDRESSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT
THEIR MEETING IN JULY OF 1986. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER
WILL BE SCHEDULED AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN MR. POTTINGER CAN BE
PRESENT TO EXPLAIN THE MOTION.
THE NOVEMBER MEETING WAS RESCHEDULED FOR NOV.
7:00 P.M.
21, 1986 AT
REVIEW OF ORDINANCE AND RULES & REGULATIONS WITH
AMENDMENTS CONSIDERATION.
POSSIBLE
SEC. 8-18 THRU 8-19 ARE TO STAND AS READ.
SEC. 8-20 DELETE "8 A.M." TO ADD "7 A.M.".
SEC. 8-21 THRU 8-27 ARE TO STAND AS READ.
SEC. 8-28 DELETE "UNLESS --" CEMETERY SEXTON "PRIOR---"ADD
"AND/OR HIS DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE, EXCEPTING OPEN/CLOSING OF
GRAVES BY VAULT COMPANY & INSTALLATION OF MONUMENTS/MARKERS THAT
MEET WiTH CEMETERY SEXTONS APPROVAL."
SEC. 8-29 TO STAND AS READ.
SEC. 8-30 ~IAL Q~ ~A~ ~K_A~ Q~L!A ~R Q~ !~R~ -
BOLD TYPE. ADD AFTER (2) CHILDREN "NOT NECESSARILY" IN ONE
COFFIN, "UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE;".
SEC. 8-31 THRU 8-32 STAND AS READ.
SEC. 8-33 a) ALL CEMETERY PLAT MARKERS SHALL BE EITHER
BRONZE, MARBLE OR GRANITE, AND SHALL BE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND IN
UNIT 3. UPRIGHT MARKERS PERMITTED IN UNIT 4 ONLY. NO PER-
MANENT ATTACHMENTS SHALL BE ABOVE THE MARKER. NO SLABS OF ANY
KIND WiLL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, TO PRESERVE THE HISTO-
RIC NATURE OF UNIT 1 OF THE SEBASTIAN CEMETERY, AND WHERE THERE
ARE EXISTING SLABS AND ABOVE GROUND MARKERS, RESTORATION OF
EXISTING SLABS AND ABOVE GROUND MARKERS WILL BE PERMITTED.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 7, 1986 PAGE 3
DELETE "b)" IN IT'S ENTIRETY.
c) ADD "THE MAXIMUM SIZE MARKER FOR A SINGLE
GRAVESITE SHALL NOT EXCEED 48 INCHES MAXIMUM HEIGHT"-
SEC. 8-34 IN BOLD PRINT - "ALL MARKERS ETC." ADD: "IF NOT
MEETING THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE CEMETERY SEXTON THEY WILL BE
REMOVED, REPAIRED OR REALLiGNED AT MONUMENT COMPANY EXPENSE."
SEC. 8-34.1 DELETE "AT THE OPTION OF-ETC."
SEC. 8-35 & 8.36 STAND AS READ.
SEC 8-37 DELETE "CAN", INSERT "MUST" DELETE "CITY - "ADD
"CEMETERY SEXTON", DELETE "COMMITTEE", ADD "SEXTON IN A
DESIGNATED PLANTING AREA BY HIM".
SEC. 8-38 THRU 8.59 STAND AS READ.
MOTION BY MRS. PAYANT, SECONDED BY MRS. PLYLER, TO PRESENT THESE
CHANGES TO THE CiTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ALL AYES:
MOTION CARRIED
COMMITTEE MEMBERS' MATTERS:
RECOMMENDATION BY CEMETERY COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF
ST. AUGUSTINE FLORITAM SOD AT $75.00 A PALLOT FROM SEBASTIAN SOD.
KiP KELSO, SEXTON, HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT THE CITY
CLERK ON THIS MATTER.
RECOMMENDATION BY CEMETERY COMMITTEE TO REQUEST FINANCE DIRECTOR
TO FOLLOW UP ON HER REVIEW OF TRUST FUND STATUS.
RECOMMENDATION OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE TO HAVE RULES & REGULATIONS
(AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL WITH CHANGES) GIVEN TO EACH
PURCHASER OF A CEMETERY PLOT.
NEW BUSINESS:
NONE
CHAIRPERSON SAM COBURN ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M.
MINUTES APPROVED AT THE
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
MEETING OF THE