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Firth board explores cemetery mapping, photos and vendor-hosted website
Summary
Board members discussed options to improve cemetery records and public access, including inviting Windy Prairie to present a vendor-hosted website (quoted at $6,000–$8,000) and establishing a consistent lot-numbering system so records can be managed if current volunteers step down.
Board members discussed several steps to modernize cemetery management, including mapping, photographing headstones and possibly contracting with an external vendor to host cemetery records.
A board member reported a call with Windy Prairie, a vendor that manages multiple cemeteries and offered to host Firth’s cemetery records and mapping for an estimated $6,000–$8,000. Board members noted the village already uses cloud-based cemetery software that tracks rows, lots and ownership but lacks photos and a consistent numbering system. The group agreed it would be useful to develop a standardized numbering scheme and to invite the vendor to present so the board can assess scope and cost.
Members also discussed local monument and repair providers; one participant said they received literature from Spyel Monuments about repair services. Several board members emphasized the need to document and index graves now, in case long-time volunteers (named in the meeting as Jill and Dave) are no longer available to help with lookup and burial records.
The board asked staff to follow up and arrange a vendor presentation at a future meeting and to begin planning a numbering system for cemetery lots.
