195.2011 Indigent Veterans
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING WAIVER OF BURIAL FEES
FOR INDIGENT VETERANS
RESOLUTION NO.: 195, 2011
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, Glens Falls American Legion Post 233 (American Legion) purchased a
number of contiguous cemetery plots in Pine View Cemetery in 1936 to provide a resting place
for indigent veterans who served our nation, and
WHEREAS, there are 19 veterans now buried in the plots, the last burial having taken
place in 1989, and
WHEREAS, the cremated remains of an additional 14 veterans are interred in the plots,
the last having been placed there in 1997, and
WHEREAS, the American Legion recently rededicated the plots and cleaned the existing
stones, and
WHEREAS, the Cemetery deed indicates there are 48 remaining burial sites and 16
remaining cremation sites within the veterans plots, and
WHEREAS, the American Legion expressed concern that there are indigent veterans
from our community who might have been interred at the Cemetery but because of the burial
costs they instead were taken to other resting places, and
WHEREAS, the American Legion has requested that in the future, where it is determined
that a veteran from our area is indigent, the Town waive the usual burial costs, and
WHEREAS, the American Legion has agreed that it will have sole responsibility for
determining whether any deceased individual is qualified as an indigent veteran and entitled to
burial in the plots owned by the American Legion, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board acknowledges the great service provided to our nation by
its veterans and wishes to honor our local veterans and help ensure that they have a proper final
resting place, and
WHEREAS, the Cemetery Commission has agreed to the waiver of fees for indigent
veterans for burial in the American Legion plot,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the waiver of burial
fees for indigent veterans determined by the American Legion to be qualified for burial in the
plots it owns, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the waiver of fees shall include the costs of opening and closing of the
grave and the placement of any stone or monument that may have been purchased by the
American Legion or others, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town’s Cemetery
Supervisor to take such other and further actions as may be required to accomplish the intent of
this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 16 day of May, 2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Stec, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Montesi, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None