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Orangeville council grants free community-center rental for cemetery volunteers and ratifies $5,544 survey update
Summary
The council approved a free one-time rental of the community center for cemetery volunteers and ratified an unplanned $5,544 payment for updated cemetery survey maps; the council discussed repairs to a leaking cemetery water line and budget impacts.
The Orangeville City Council approved a one-time free rental of the community center for local volunteers who have been maintaining the cemetery and ratified an unplanned payment for updates to cemetery survey maps.
Council members said Julie (last name variously recorded in the transcript) and a volunteer named Mack (or Mac) have been consistently caring for the cemetery, removing weeds and doing upkeep; the council granted free use of the community center in recognition of that volunteer service. A separate motion ratified an expense of $5,544 to update cemetery maps and survey records; the expense was described in the meeting as unplanned and taken from funds previously earmarked for Cemetery Road repairs.
Staff also reported a separate maintenance issue at the cemetery: a leaking 4-inch water line with a rusted saddle, which staff said had likely been in place for about 25 years and was repaired with help from the special service district. Council members discussed the timing of recurring survey work and noted it would be easier to have cemetery surveys done annually rather than infrequently, to avoid larger combined bills in a single year.
