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Parks and Cemetery Board appoints Nevis Gibson president; approves minutes, finalizes Norton Center Cemetery bench site
Summary
The Norton Parks and Cemetery Board voted to appoint Nevis Gibson as board president and approved prior meeting minutes. Members also thanked the service department for clearing sections of Norton Center Cemetery and confirmed the placement site for a new bench.
The Norton Parks and Cemetery Board on June 23 voted to appoint Nevis Gibson as board president and approved minutes from its Aug. 6 meeting.
Board member (outgoing president) opened the meeting by announcing, “I am gonna be stepping down as president of the board. I am staying on the board, but I am stepping down and, Nevis Gibson here is gonna be taken over as president.” The board then moved to a formal motion to appoint Nevis Gibson.
The appointment passed on a roll-call vote: Miss Dimac — yes; Miss Witzberger — yes; Miss Gibson — yes; Mister Fritz — abstain; Mister Price (James Price III) — yes. The board recorded the outcome as approved.
Why it matters: The change establishes new leadership for the parks and cemetery board, which handles cemetery maintenance and small capital items such as benches and signage.
In other cemetery business, board members publicly thanked the Norton Service Department for recent clearing work at Norton Center Cemetery. A board member said the department “did a fabulous job” uncovering several headstones that had been obscured by brush.
The board also confirmed the placement for a new bench at Norton Center Cemetery. Bob (board member) reported that he and service-department staffer Ray met to review possible locations and that the bench will be placed near a smaller tree rather than adjacent to a large tree, in part to avoid root and maintenance issues. Bob said, “it’s pretty much gonna put it where you wanted it in the first place” but noted the location was moved slightly to accommodate the service department’s concerns.
The board also approved the minutes from the Aug. 6 meeting by voice/roll call after a motion and second; the minutes were accepted as presented.
The meeting concluded with a brief announcements period and a motion to adjourn at approximately 6:34 p.m.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to appoint Nevis Gibson as board president — mover: unnamed (motion offered by a board member); second: unnamed; vote: yes 4, abstain 1 (Mister Fritz); outcome: approved. - Motion to accept minutes from Aug. 6, 2025 — mover: unnamed; second: unnamed; vote: unanimous (roll call recorded as yes by present members); outcome: approved.
The board did not take any additional formal actions at the June 23 meeting.
