HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/04/2004 - Regular Minutes - Cemetery Advisory Committee (4)
City of College Station
Cemetery Committee
Thursday, November 4, 2004
Exit Teen Center
10:00 a.m.
Staff Present: Ross Albrecht, Forestry Superintendent;
Delmer Charanza, Cemetery Sexton; Mollie
Binion, Parks Secretary
Members Present: Katherine Edwards, Chairperson; Virginia
Reese; Mary Lind Bryan; Joe Wallace; James
Batenhorst; David Chester;
Visitors Present: No visitors
Members Absent: Sarah Adams
1.Call to order: The meeting was called to order at 10:12 a.m.
2.Hear Visitors: Hearing none, this item was closed.
3.Discussion, Consideration, and possible approval of
absentee requests: David Chester moved to accept Sarah
Adams absentee request’s, it was seconded by Joe Wallace. All
were in favor and the motion was passed unanimously.
4.Discussion, Consideration, and possible approval of the
minutes from June 10, 2004: Joe Wallace made a motion to
approve the minutes from September 7, 2004; Mary Lind Bryan
than seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion was
passed unanimously.
5.Update and discussion of the Aggie Field of Honor
proposal: Ross is waiting for the two appraisals by the City and
by the University to come in from both parties; they were due in
late October. If they have come in they had not been presented
in a Council meeting. The Aggie Field of honor will be on the
agenda for the Board of Regions meeting in January.
This was an informational item only and no motion made.
6.Update and discussion on the Wellborn Road property
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acquisition: There was an item on the October 23 City
Council, under executive, meeting sent to council related to this
item. The resolution that was passed was for Mark to do the best
he can to negotiate with the family, and to come up with a
proposal on both sides to agree to, and then this item will go
back to council. Everything is still on hold. The land owners are
not all in agreement to sell the land. A meeting was going to be
held with Steve Beachy, Ross Albright, Mark McAullif, and
Representatives of that this afternoon. Some of the family
members would like to keep parts of the land.
This was an informational item only and no motion made.
7. Presentation and discussion on the Cemetery Operation
Policy & Procedure Manual: We are trying to get the policies
and the steps we take to carry out those policies for the
operations of the current cemetery and expanded into the new
cemetery site, all into one document and then approved by the
various different people.
A motion was made by David to accept the wording of the latest
policies and procedures manuals section C page 5, regarding the
restriction on a purchase of large blocks of spaces for the
purpose of speculation or investment. The motion was then
seconded by Mary Lind. All were in favor and the motion passed
unanimously, after their was discussion started by Joe that we
have not solved the problem, and the matter of speculation is
still left open and left up to the state to decide what is
“speculating,”.
A motion was made by Mary Lind that the city will buy back
spaces at the lower of the original sale price or the current
market price. Motion was then seconded by David, all in were in
favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
Motion made by Joe to accept the policies and procedures as
modified in the meeting. Seconded by Mary Lind, all were in
favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
8.Discussion, consideration, and possible action regarding
the issue of ordinance: Will be discussed next meeting.
This was an informational item only and no motion made.
9.Discussion of next meeting date and agenda: A tentative
th
meeting was scheduled for Thursday, December 9, to see if
there will be a need for a meeting in December.
10. Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 11:13 a.m.