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COLLEGE STATION CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 10:00AM
The Green Room at Wolf Pen Creek
1015 Colgate ~ College Station, Texas 77840
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MEMBERS PRESENT
: Sarah Adams, Chair; Weldon Kruger, James Batenhorst, Virginia
Reese, Randy Matson, Roger Reese
STAFF PRESENT:
David Schmitz, Assistant Director - Operations; Robert Hole,
Cemetery Sexton; Helen Banks, Secretary
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Bahman Yazdani, Matthew Crawley, Kathleen Ireland, Sara Mirza
VISITOR PRESENT:
Robert Foley, 3016 Hickory Ridge Circle, Bryan, TX
Call to order
1. : The meeting was called to order with a quorum present at 10:08 a.m.
Administering the Oath of Office and Swearing in of new and reappointed committee
2.
members
. Reappointed members, Sarah Adams and Virginia Reese were duly sworn in.
Hearing no further discussion, this item was closed.
Requests for absences of members
3. : Kathleen Ireland, Bahman Yazdani and Matthew
Crawley sent in requests for absence. Randy Matson made a motion to approve the
absence requests submitted, and Weldon Kruger seconded the motion. The vote was called.
All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the approval of Cemetery Advisory
4.
Committee minutes
: James Batenhorst made a motion to approve the July 14, 2009
minutes, and Roger Reese seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor,
and the motion passed unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding a variance request to place a
5.
headstone in the Memorial Cemetery of College Station, Aggie Field of Honor (Foley,
Family #40- Lot 53, Spaces 10 & 20; Lot 54, Spaces 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, & 14)
: Sarah
Adams, Chair, presented this item to the Committee. Discussion followed. Weldon Kruger
made a motion to decline the variance request submitted, and Randy Matson seconded the
motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding space pricing in the College
6.
Station Cemetery System
: There was discussion regarding space pricing in the College
Station Cemetery System. James Batenhorst made a motion to keep all prices for all spaces
at the current price for the 2009 - 2010 year, and Randy Matson seconded the motion. The
vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on potential wording change to College
7.
Station Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Section 29
: There was discussion regarding
potential wording change to the College Station Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Section
29. This was an informational item only, and no action was required.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on construction update of the Memorial
8.
Cemetery of College Station
: David Schmitz, Assistant Director - Operations, updated
the Committee on the construction of the Memorial Cemetery of College Station.
Discussion followed. This was an informational item only, and no action was required.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding gift giving opportunities to the
9.
College Station municipal cemetery system
: Hearing none, this item was closed.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future agenda items: A Committee
10.
Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A
statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be
given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an
agenda for a subsequent meeting
:
?
Administering the Oath of Office and Swearing in of new Committee members
?
Potential wording change to College Station Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1,
Section 29
?
Discussion regarding Holder’s headstone, Family #93, in the Memorial
Cemetery of College Station
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Gift giving opportunities to the College Station municipal cemetery system
Tentative Meeting Dates:
?
None set at this time
Hear visitors
11. : Hearing none, this item was closed.
Adjourn
12. : The meeting adjourned at 11:33 a.m.
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Cemetery Advisory
Committee Meeting Minutes