Cemetery Trustee Minutes
Town of Greenfield
Cemetery Board of Trustees
May 12, 2022
Greenvale Cemetery
Preliminary Minutes
Recorded by Catrina Mamczak
In Attendance: Roger Lessard, Raymond Cilley, Mike Merzi
Members of the public present: William Linscott, Susan Linscott
4:30pm: RLessard called meeting to order
Met with William and Susan Linscott to choose lot location and finalize new lot purchase. Received check from SLinscott for $350.00 for lot purchase.
Went over minutes from previous meeting on 04/14/22
RCilley motioned to approve minutes, seconded by MMerzi
Vote passed 3-0
The board discussed the bank account and the need to get new Board Chairman Roger Lessard and Cemetery Clerk Catrina Mamczak added as authorized signers on the bank account. The board agreed to request from the Town Clerk, a letter of record for the bank to notify them of these new changes.
Reported updates on reprinting the Cemetery Deeds for new lot Purchases. Karen Day will edit the deed to fix the errors found on the current deeds. The board agreed to use the available paper stock at the Town Office and the Town Konica printer machine to print the Deeds.
Vote passed 3-0
The board discussed the cemetery gates and locks and agreed they would like to have a spare key for the gates to be made and stored at the Town Offices.
Vote passed 3-0
A few of the purchased cemetery lots were found to be missing corner stones. The board will speak to the Town Clerk to see if they can get more information about the owners of the lots from the deed records.
Some of the trees that have been planted on the lot areas designated for trees have not survived, RCilley will reach out to our town landscaper JGagnon to discuss the planting of 4 new trees.
The board discussed a few areas of the Greenvale Cemetery that are in need of attention:
- Aged condition and difficult access to the pump house
- A designated area of the cemetery to dump the brush and clippings
- More definitive driveway areas between the rows, and row markers on the main driveways
- A need for a small storage shed at the cemetery
- Cutting back some of the overgrown brush along the back edge
- Stone wall has many cracks and loose stones
The board will reach out to DPW Director JMorris to see if he can help move some of the brush dumping piles to a single designated area.
The board looked at the stone wall and discussed what areas were most in need of immediate repair. They would like to start repair at the west end wall and work their way approximately 150 feet towards the first gate.
CMamczak will contact local masonry companies to obtain bids for stone wall repair; they would like to have the bids ready by July 1, 2020.
6:15pm: RCilley motioned to adjourn, seconded by MMerzi
Vote passed 3-0