02-05-1992 PINE VIEW CEMETERY COMMISSION
Feb. 5, 1992
9: 00am
Present : Dougher, Edwards, Prime, Supt . Mosher along with Mike
Brandt, Nick Caimano, Betty Monahan and Sue Goetz
Openings are continuing in Pine View but the frost is from two to
three feet down .
The remaining money for the long term storage of the body has
finally been received. ($925)
To help in the understanding of the work of the Commission, there
was an explanation of the history of Pine View and the fact that,
unique to Queensbury in the State of New York, the Pine View
Cemetery and the Commission were created by an act of the
Legislature and the Commission was given the responsibility of
running the cemetery.
Responding to an desire of some business people to buy the
crematory, there was discussion of the pros and cons of such a
sale . The consensus was that under the ownership of the Town of
Queensbury, all the different funeral homes had access to the
facility on an equal basis and that this was a service to the
community as well as a revenue generator for the taxpayers .
There followed a discussion on the financing of the crematory and
repayment to the Perpetual Care Fund, the financing of the new
retort , the general history of the sale of pieces of cemetery land
and the assigning of a part of the monies received to a capital
fund called "Boychuck" which has been drawn on from time to time
for capital projects such as roads and fencing. There was a
question concerning the sale of land east of Mark Plaza . No part
of this has been assigned to the cemetery. There seemed to be a
question as to w)iether this sale was a done deal or not . The
Commissioners had gone along with the sale of the land with the
understanding that we would again receive a portion of the sale .
At the end of the meeting, Mike Brandt asked that a memo be sent
to him outlining the costs of the crematory that have been taken
from the Perpetual Care Fund, taken with the understanding that
these costs would be repayed from the profits of the crematory.
The profit for 1991 was approximately $35, 000 .
Interments 2200 Cremations 6095
Lots 3000 Containers 400
Vault 300 Misc . 1075
CCOO "570
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