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Cemetery director proposes enclosed committal shelter after several weather- and safety-related incidents
Summary
Roger Watts, Cemetery Director, asked the council to approve a committal shelter at Crown Hill Cemetery to provide weather protection and a safer space for graveside services; he cited incidents of heat-related fainting and ground instability near double-depth graves.
Crown Hill Cemetery Director Roger Watts asked council to fund a committal shelter to provide a safer, weather-protected place for graveside services and to avoid safety risks created by double-depth interments and nearby open graves.
Issue and rationale: Watts said double-depth burials and ground-shifted vaults have, on occasion, left lower caskets exposed or created unstable…
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