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Oak Ridge Cemetery Foundation outlines banner repairs, plans to exhaust donor funds before asking city for upkeep
Summary
At the June 17 Springfield City Council meeting, Alan Woodson, president of the Oak Ridge Cemetery Foundation, reviewed recent donations and said the foundation will spend about $4,024.92 to repair Monument Avenue banners and will notify the city when remaining donor funds are exhausted.
Alan Woodson, president of the Oak Ridge Cemetery Foundation, told the Springfield City Council on June 17 that the volunteer foundation will use remaining donor funds to repair deteriorated banners at the cemetery gateway and then ask the city to assume future maintenance costs.
Woodson said the foundation received two notable donations from the family of former Alderman Bob Vos: $2,782 in 2020 for banners and $10,508 in 2023 to maintain or replace them. He said the foundation projects about $4,205 will be needed for immediate repairs and that, at its next meeting, he will move to spend $4,024.92 from that $10,508 balance, “which will leave a balance of…
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