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Votes at a glance: Concord Cemetery Committee approves minutes, donations, photo permits and a lot repurchase
Summary
At its Sept. 4 meeting the Concord Cemetery Committee approved the June minutes, accepted a donation from Friends of Sleepy Hollow (with one recusal), granted photo/film permissions for two projects including an NPS walking tour, and approved a family lot repurchase. Roll-call votes were recorded for each action.
The Concord Cemetery Committee on Sept. 4 approved a series of routine and project-related items by roll-call vote.
The meeting began with a motion to accept the June minutes; the committee voted aye (Jeff Walton, Jerry Soucy, Priscilla Sturgis, Bridges/Bridget Roderick, Bridal Davidson). Later, the committee moved to accept a grant-funded donation from the Friends of Sleepy Hollow to support enhancements at 'Bill's Garden' pending a final cost assessment and any required select-board review; the motion passed with Priscilla Sturgis recusing herself from that vote.
The committee also approved a film/photography application for gravestone photos tied to a Friends of Sleepy Hollow event and separately approved gravestone photos and image use for the National Park Service walking-tour app. Committee members discussed limiting background detail in photographs and reviewing any images that might show other readable memorial inscriptions before broad promotional use.
Staff presented and the committee approved a lot repurchase for the Hodge family: a two-grave lot at 845 Chestnut Hollow was repurchased at half rate ($2,200) following removal and reinterment of one internment elsewhere. Finally, a motion to adjourn passed by voice/roll call.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Approval of June minutes: outcome approved (ayes recorded: Jeff Walton, Jerry Soucy, Priscilla Sturgis, Bridges/Bridget Roderick, Bridal Davidson). - Acceptance of donation from Friends of Sleepy Hollow (concept approval pending cost assessment/select-board review): outcome approved; Priscilla Sturgis recused from the vote. - Film/photography application — Friends of Sleepy Hollow (gravestone photos for a Friends event): outcome approved. - Film/photography application — National Park Service walking-tour (additions to NPS app): outcome approved by roll call. - Repurchase of two-grave lot (Hodge family, 845 Chestnut Hollow) at half rate ($2,200): outcome approved.
The committee did not take separate motions on some operational updates (burials, sales, maintenance) but recorded them in staff reports. The meeting adjourned following the final vote.
