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Select Board approves updated cemetery fees after trustee presentation
Summary
The Swansea Select Board approved a revision to the Cemetery Department's fee schedule presented by sexton Lee Dunham, raising the standard full-burial fee from $350 to $500 and updating weekend and vault charges; the board asked staff to clarify how burial receipts are allocated to the cemetery trust.
Lee Dunham, who identified himself as the town's former public works director and current sexton, asked the Select Board on Wednesday to update cemetery prices that were last approved in 2014. He told the board that the town currently charges $350 for a full burial and proposed raising that fee to $500, with weekend and vault charges adjusted as shown on a proposed fee sheet.
The request was framed as a cost-recovery measure: Dunham explained the typical interment crew and equipment costs, saying the town uses a backhoe and a small crew for grave work but generally refills graves by hand to avoid washouts. He said the…
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