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Hendry County reopens cemetery rules discussion; board to post notice signs and consider lighting pilot
Summary
County staff and members of the public debated enforcement of the 2021 cemetery ordinance, focusing on solar lights, borders/coping, weeds, and a proposed county‑installed lighting plan. Staff will post weatherproof notices at county cemeteries and return with language and a budget proposal for lighting in September.
Daniel Akins, Hendry County cemetery supervisor, asked the Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 26 for direction on enforcing the county’s cemetery ordinance and for clearer, weatherproof notification to families prior to removal of nonconforming items.
Akins said staff had placed flyers on graves since April to notify relatives about prohibited items — particularly solar lights and noncompliant fencing — and proposed more durable posted notices so family members would be more likely to see them before staff removed items.
The item drew several public speakers, including Christina Davidson, Sherry Walker and Mercedes Garcia, who described family practices at individual gravesites and urged the board to act with sensitivity. Several…
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