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Fort Branch resident proposes tax credit to help maintain Gibson County’s historic cemeteries
Summary
Mark Ferenbacher presented photos of neglected gravesites and proposed a voluntary cemetery maintenance tax credit to help private owners pay for extraordinary repairs; he cited Indiana Code 23‑14‑78‑4 and recommended DNR approval and public access as conditions.
Mark Ferenbacher of Fort Branch urged the Gibson County Council to consider a targeted tax credit to preserve historic cemeteries that private owners cannot afford to maintain. He presented photographs of four local cemeteries, saying some are well kept while others “need a little love.”
Ferenbacher described the proposal as a 10% cemetery credit to subsidize extraordinary maintenance—“replace monuments, repair the fence,” he said—while…
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