11-08-1995 QUEENSBURY CEMETERY COMMISSION
November 8, 1995 9 a.m.
PRESENT: Superintendent Rodney Mosher
Commissioners : Sylvia Dougher, Bob Edwards, Terry Higgins
Councilman Ted Turner
Councilwoman Betty Monahan
There was no November meeting.
Foundations are poured for the year, the pond is drained and the
water is shut off until April 1996 .
Gail St . Clair will hopefully be returning to work 20 hours a week
at Pine View this year under the Green Thumb program. As of the
first of the year the Town will payher salary. See attached
Resolution regarding part time non-union employment .
There were 44 cremations in October and 430 year to date. Rodney
expects to pass the 500 mark by December 31, 1995 .
Ed Matraw is out this week and expects to be out for three months
at the beginning of the year. Gary Grant will run the crematorium
in his absence.
Pine View fall cleanup, is completed. There is still some work to
be done at three outside cemeteries .
Horicon' s maps are in and lots will be sold as soon as it staked
out. There will be approximately 552 burial sites which Rodney
expects will cover three years . In the Spring another piece will
be graded out in the back.
Winter staking is underway.
Mohican, which has 1 , 104 graves, is almost full after only being
open four years .
In the springtime we are anticipating a flagpole being placed
behind the Pine View sign.
Sylvia reported that Paul Dusek confirmed that the deed to Friend' s
Cemetery is ready to be signed and is presently in the hands of
another attorney.
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QUEENSBURY CEMETERY COMMISSION ,
Nov. 8, 1995
The Town Board has reappointed Bob Edwards to another term on the
Queensbury Cemetery Commission expiring December 31, 1998 .
Rodney met with the Town Board regarding the Cemetery budget and
everything was agreed upon.
The new tractor has arrived from Bebout Ford
Rodney is waiting to hear from Tom Flaherty regarding the water
hookup up back.
Councilwoman Betty Monahan raised the topic of having the Town
supply topsoil to the Cemetery to defray the cost of purchasing it
privately. In 1995 the Cemetery purchased $700 in topsoil at $11
per ton. 80 tons have been used this year to date.
SEPTEMBER 1995
Cemetery: Crematorium:
Interments $2390 Cremations : $6360
Lots 2450 Cardboards 425
Foundations 876 Miscellaneous 60
TOTALS: $5716 $6845
OCTOBER 1995
Cemetery: Crematorium:
Interments $2950 Cremations : $8395
Lots 4900 Cardboards 625
Foundations 989 Miscellaneous 60
TOTALS: $8839 $9080
RESOLUTION OF APPOINTMENT
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RESOLUTION NO. 590 . 95
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs . Betty Monahan WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is desirous
of appointing Ms . Gail St. Claire to a part-time Clerk position at
Pine View Cemetery & Crematorium, as part of the Green Thumb
Program, Office of the Aging,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
appoints Ms . Gail St. Claire to the part-time Clerk position,
effective immediately, with the understanding that the salary for
the part-time position will be paid by Green Thumb for the
remainder of the 1995 year, and the Town of Queensbury to fund said
position as of January 1, 1996 .
Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 1995, by the following
vote:
AYES Mrs . Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs . Pulver, Mr.
Champagne
NOES None
ABSENT: None