02-02-1994 The second meeting of Pine View Cemetary Commission for 1994 was held February
2, 1994 at the Pine View Cemetery office at 9:00a.m..
Present:
Chairman - Sylvia Dougher
Treasurer- Bob Edwrads
Secretary- Joe Fiore
Superintendent - Rod Mosher
Also present: Councilwoman Betty Monahan and Councilman George Wiswall.
The first order of business was to correct the minutes of the January meeting.
Chairman Dougher stated that she spoke to Judge John Austin about the Austin
Cemetery and the problem about the tree. Judge Austin stated that he did not want any
part of the Austin Cemetery. Mr. Masher stated nothing about the tree can be done
until spring. He also stated that there are 22 cemeteries in the Town of Queensbury.
The list was put together by Dr. Eisenhart and Rod Mosher back when Dr. Eisenhart
was a councilman on the Queensbury Town Board.
The January 1994 figures:
Cemetery- Interments $1600
Lots 1400
Vault 800
Total $3800
Crematory -Cremations $7120
Cardboards 500
Misc. 60
Total $7680
New Business: Chairman reviewed the cost of opening graves and holiday burials.
Any grave opened after 3:30 p.m. will be overtime. Mr. Mosher is mailing letters to the
funeral homes on this matter. Mr. Mosher also stated that artificial flowers are still being
put on graves on Memorial Day which is against the Pine View Cemetery Commission's
ruling which was advertised in the Post Star in 1982. This will be addressed at future
meetings.
There was discussion on veterans' graves. Some veterans' graves have two to three
flags on one grave. When Secretary sees this during Memorial Day Holiday, he will
make a judgement at the time to either remove marker or flag especially if there is more
than one military marker. More on this later.
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Mr. Mosher reported that the cremations for January, 1994 are running higher.
January shows 45 cremations compared to 26 for 1993. He feels this will be a good
year for cremations.
There was discussion on rebuilding the Crawford Retort Chamber of the Crematory.
Rod has two bids - LVR for$7,500 and Crawford for$14832.70. The members agreed
to award the rebuilding of the chamber to the lowest bidder, LVR. Mr. Wiswall spoke
about smoke coming out of the crematory. Rod says this happens when they burn
wood during the process.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:29a.m..
Minutes by Joe Fiore
Corrected by the Commission
Typed by Margaret A. Prime