Council asks staff to review cemetery rules after request for stackable mausoleums
A funeral director asked the council to allow stackable mausoleums in Brooksville Cemetery; council directed staff to review cemetery rules, fees and size limits and to return with a proposed ordinance or revised policy.
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Joseph Merritt, a licensed funeral director, asked the council to permit “stackable mausoleums” in Brooksville Cemetery so a local resident could be buried beside his first wife without disinterment. Merritt noted similar practices in neighboring counties and said mausoleums can be built to prevent settling when vaults are used.
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