Nantucket Cemetery Commission approves minutes; reviews monument restoration, ground-penetrating radar and adjacent development activity

The Nantucket Cemetery Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 10, approved the minutes of its Sept. 10 meeting and heard updates on several preservation projects, plans to use ground-penetrating radar at Old North Cemetery and concerns about development activity near Old Mill Cemetery.

The commission approved the minutes by roll call, with commissioners identified in the meeting as Scott (aye), Jason (aye), Lee (aye), the Chair (aye) and Fran (aye). The motion to approve was seconded by Jason; the mover was not specified in the record. The minutes motion was recorded as approved.

Commissioners were updated on the Monument Restoration Project at Newtown and New North cemeteries. Work at Newtown is under way, with some stones already reset and others temporarily supported with clamps because they had been exhumed or laid sideways. The commission said it expects to release the New North bid package the following Tuesday and has revised bid requirements to require references specifically for cemetery restoration work after a prior bidder’s…