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Council renews cemetery‑sale moratorium, extends dates in draft resolution
Summary
Mantua council voted to extend the moratorium on cemetery lot sales while the town completes preparations for expansion and compaction of new plots; the council updated date ranges in a draft resolution.
Mantua Town Council voted to renew a moratorium on the sale of plots at the town cemetery and to update the draft resolution dates by one year while staff continues work on the west‑side expansion.
Staff told councilors the west portion of the cemetery has recently had fill added and needs time to compact before burials can occur; councilors heard that compaction and related work could take a couple of years. The council discussed other options staff had identified, such as reconfiguring internal road alignments to create additional rows, but staff advised those options have not been implemented.
A council member moved to approve the draft resolution (listed in the meeting materials as Resolution 2025‑02‑16) renewing the moratorium; the council updated the draft dates to shift the moratorium forward by one year. The motion was carried following a second. The transcript does not record a roll‑call tally; the public audio records the motion, a second and assent.
