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Council waives cemetery-stone permit fee for Sunnyside Foundation memorial project
Summary
Hastings City Council voted 8–0 to waive the $40 per‑stone cemetery permit fee for 20 headstones proposed by the Sunnyside Foundation at Parkview Cemetery, honoring buried residents from roughly 1914–1944. The waiver drew questions about precedent; staff said the fee covers marker layout work and is deposited to the general fund.
Hastings City Council voted 8–0 to waive the $40 per‑stone cemetery permit fee for a Sunnyside Foundation project to install 20 headstones at Parkview Cemetery.
Amy Pierce, who identified herself as a local historian representing the Sunnyside board, told the council she had uncovered several formerly unmarked graves dating roughly from 1914 to 1944 and that the foundation intended to place raised markers for 20 occupants. "It bothered me," Pierce said, describing why she asked the foundation…
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