Moroni council approves sale of surplus equipment, starts cemetery-reclaim process

The Moroni City Council approved the sale of several surplus items and voted to start the process to reclaim unused cemetery plots during its regular meeting.

Surplus property: Council discussed removing brush mowers, a grasshopper mower, scrap metal and a 2020 Ford F-150 police truck from city inventory. A motion to sell the listed surplus property was moved by Green and seconded by Bagley; the council conducted a roll-call vote and recorded "Yes" votes from Draper, Atkinson, Bagley, Green and Taylor. The motion passed.

Council members framed the sale as an opportunity to clean up long-unused equipment and to recover small revenues for the city. "Let's clean the thing up," a council member said during the discussion advocating sale of the unused items.

Cemetery plots: City staff presented a review of unused cemetery plots and confirmed public notices had been published. The council voted to start the reclamation process for the plots listed in the staff packet; the motion was moved and seconded and approved by a general vote.

Why it matters: The surplus sale clears long-stored equipment from city property and returns modest revenue; the cemetery motion begins an administrative process that could eventually reassign or repurpose unused burial plots after required legal notices and procedures.

Next steps: Staff will manage the surplus sale logistics and post the required public notices for the cemetery reclamation process so the council can take any subsequent formal actions if necessary.