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Granbury modernizes cemetery records, highlights staff promotions and local-spend program
Summary
At its Feb. 17 meeting the Granbury City Council recognized staff for implementing a cloud-based cemetery records system called Chronicle, announced two police promotions, and described a new local-spend requirement for economic incentives to favor qualified local vendors.
The Granbury City Council on Feb. 17 recognized staff who modernized the city’s cemetery records and announced personnel moves and a new local-spend program tied to economic incentives.
City Manager (unnamed in the transcript) said the city has transitioned cemetery plot data into a cloud-based system called "Chronicle," which uses Google Earth imagery to create an interactive map. "We’ve got a cemetery record based system now. It's called Chronicle," the City Manager said, adding the system should improve accuracy, customer access and reduce ongoing backup and maintenance costs. The manager noted some burials date back to about 1905 and that the system will help locate older plots more reliably.
The manager also announced promotions within the Granbury Police Department, naming Justin Pugh as detective and Brandon Cheney as patrol sergeant. "Please join me in congratulating these staff members," the manager said.
In the same presentation the City Manager praised Economic Development Director Shay Hopkins for developing a local-spend requirement to be included in future incentive agreements. The program, developed in coordination with the Chamber of Commerce, will use a short questionnaire to identify qualified local vendors the city and developers can use on incentivized projects to boost local job retention and small business opportunities.
The city characterized the program as designed to keep more dollars in Granbury’s economy and to deliver community benefits tied to public incentives. Participation details were described as straightforward: businesses will complete a questionnaire to be considered as vendors on incentivized projects.
No formal council action was required for the recognitions and program announcement. The council moved on to appointments and other agenda business after the presentations.
