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Council debates cemetery maintenance of privately owned sites and tables decision pending legal review and community input
Summary
Public works recommended reallocating a private-cemetery maintenance contract to priority public corridors; council members questioned maintaining private property with public funds, cited legal limits, and tabled the item for further direction and analysis.
Public Works presented options for cemetery maintenance on June 16, noting the city currently contracts landscape services that also cover two privately owned cemeteries (Conley Road and Elam Church Road) and one city-owned site. The contract with Worldscape LLC had approximately three months remaining and about $11,850 in remaining contract funds across the three sites.
Public Works recommended…
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