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Council hears request to fund Mount Hope Cemetery chapel repairs after recent burial
Summary
A council member reported on a large burial at Mount Hope Cemetery and asked the city for funding to repair a chapel that is unusable because of a water leak; the council praised public-works staff for the cemetery work but made no formal funding pledge during the meeting.
Belleville — A council member reported Feb. 8 that the city took ownership of Mount Hope Cemetery from the state in October and asked the council to consider funding repairs to the cemetery chapel after a recent burial.
The council member said the city’s sexton and Public Works staff, including Director Jason Poole, handled a large burial last Friday in difficult weather and that the family expressed appreciation for the city’s care of the grounds. The council member said the cemetery had lacked improvements when the city acquired it and that, because of a water leak, the chapel is unusable in bad weather. “I implore the city to give us some money at least so we can fix the chapel where we don't have that situation ever happen again,” the council member said.
Why it matters: The cemetery is newly city-owned; repairs to a chapel and continued maintenance affect families who use the cemetery and the municipal budget for property care.
Discussion details and outcome: The remarks were made during new business and were entered as an item for council awareness and informal request; the transcript records praise for public-works staff but does not show a formal motion, appropriation, or vote to allocate funds for chapel repairs during this meeting.
Ending: Council moved on to other business and then to executive session; follow-up funding or a formal request was not recorded in the meeting minutes.
