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Franklin authorizes Delft Services to manage day-to-day Greenlawn Cemetery operations
Summary
The commission approved an amended agreement authorizing Delft Services to handle day-to-day Greenlawn Cemetery duties, including money-handling responsibilities; the move follows staffing shortages in the sexton duties and passed unanimously.
The Franklin City Commission unanimously authorized an amended agreement for Delft Services to handle day-to-day operations at Greenlawn Cemetery and authorized the mayor to sign the amendment.
Public works staff said the cemetery sexton was covering additional duties after two assistant sextons were no longer available, which stretched staff capacity. Delft Services currently had an agreement for overall maintenance at Greenlawn for roughly two decades, staff said, and proposed taking over the daily administrative functions. Staff also said they will purchase employee bonds for any Delft worker who handles money from plot sales.
During the discussion staff noted that Scott Gregory has signed an agreement reflecting a contract change that included a $25,000 figure; the meeting record did not include a detailed breakdown of that amount. Staff said there was no plan to replace the city employee who moved to another role and that outsourcing the day-to-day operations was expected to save staff time and align responsibilities.
A motion to authorize Delft Services to handle day-to-day cemetery operations and to authorize the mayor to sign the amended agreement passed on a unanimous voice vote. The commission recorded no additional conditions in the meeting transcript; staff said they would provide the standard bond coverage for money-handling employees.
