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Residents and council discuss placing headstones and cleanup work at Graceland Cemetery
Summary
Former councilor Clara Johnson and other residents asked whether the volunteer group may resume placing headstones stored at public works and continue restoration work at Graceland Cemetery; borough staff said the project is on the spring agenda and public works holds the stones.
Members of a volunteer group and a former councilor raised cemetery restoration during the Yeadon Borough Caucus, asking whether they may proceed with placing headstones that are currently held at the borough public works garage.
Clara Johnson, identified as a former councilor, said the group that started the Graceland Cemetery project wants to finish restoring headstones and asked whether public works would allow the group to reinstall markers. "My question tonight is can we, the group that started the mission, can we go forth with the project? Mike, the public works director have said to me that he had the headstones," Johnson said.
Council members responded that the topic is included on the borough's spring agenda and that public works staff have been marking grave sites for identification. A borough representative said visible stakes with blue marks indicate the process is underway. Public works confirmed it stores headstones and that the ongoing plan for Graceland Cemetery restoration is on the borough's spring agenda.
The discussion also touched on signage and potential penalties for people allowing animals in the cemetery, and the limits of enforcement when the identity of an offender cannot be documented.
Ending: Councilors asked public works and the volunteer committee to coordinate so the restoration work can proceed in an organized way; the item will remain on the spring agenda for further action and scheduling.
