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Montgomery County adopts rules for county-owned cemeteries; policy limits decorations and sets maintenance standards
Summary
Commissioners reviewed and approved a resolution and an internal policy to govern maintenance, monuments, decorations and burials at four county-owned cemeteries; the policy includes removal of items that obstruct grounds maintenance and guidance on cremains.
Montgomery County commissioners on Aug. 11 approved rules and an internal policy to govern the county's four owned cemeteries — Lahunt, Poor Farm, Quaker and Highland — to standardize maintenance, monument work and on-site decorations.
County staff told commissioners there were no prior written policies governing county-owned cemetery care and that the lack of standards had produced recurring disputes between families and grounds crews. The draft resolution and companion policy set maintenance oversight, require monument work to be performed by approved monument companies or contractors, reaffirm the requirement for burial containers, and allow county crews to remove…
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