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Fairfield Cemetery Board unanimously approves minutes and forwards cemetery ordinance to town council
Summary
At its June 3 meeting the Fairfield Cemetery Board approved May minutes and voted to send a new cemetery ordinance to the Town Council so the town can begin selling burial plots; the board said it will finalize rules with the State Historic Preservation Office before implementing decoration policies and permanent signage.
The Fairfield Cemetery Board approved its May 6 meeting minutes and voted unanimously June 3 to forward a proposed cemetery ordinance to the Town Council so the town can begin selling burial plots.
The vote to send the ordinance came after board members reviewed edits and minor wording changes intended to align policies and procedures with the ordinance text. "He said we need to pass it before we can have it all go live to sell the plots, and they want to do it by the next town council meeting if you guys are ready to roll with it," a board member said during the discussion. The board then voted "Aye" and the motion was advanced to the Town Council.
Board members also moved to approve the minutes from the May 6 meeting. A member said, "I'm good with them, so I'm good with them. I'll second it," and the approval carried without recorded opposition.
Why this matters: sending the ordinance to the Town Council is a necessary administrative step before the town can accept payments and finalize sales of cemetery plots online. Board members said some implementation details — including the fee schedule, rules about decorations and a permanent sign — will be finalized after the Historic Preservation review and after the ordinance is adopted by the council.
Board leaders said they will not open the plot-sales function to the public until the ordinance is adopted and the pricing is entered in the town system. "We can't complete this all the way until the ordinances are officially passed, and then we can put in pricing and make sure that everything works," one board member said.
Votes at a glance
- Approve May 6 meeting minutes — outcome: approved unanimously; mover/second: not specified in the record; tally: unanimous (individual votes not recorded in the transcript). - Forward cemetery ordinance to Town Council (to enable plots to "go live" for sale) — outcome: approved unanimously; mover/second: not specified in the record; tally: unanimous (individual votes not recorded in the transcript).
Board next steps include submitting the ordinance to the Town Council and completing website and fee schedule setup so sales can be tested before going live. A board member said a public open house will follow ordinance approval to explain the new rules and the sales process.
