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Select Board approves family cemetery lot purchase, flags possible ordinance rewrite
Summary
The Select Board approved a sale of cemetery lots recommended by the Cemetery Committee but members expressed concern about potential precedent and noted the ordinance currently limits nonresidents to four assigned spaces; the Cemetery Committee will review ordinance language.
A family requested additional cemetery lots; the Cemetery Committee reviewed the request and recommended approval. The Select Board voted to approve the sale (voice vote recorded as four in favor, one absent) but several members cautioned the decision could set a precedent that might require revising the cemetery ordinance.
One board member flagged the ordinance clause that limits non-residents to assignment of up to four burial spaces and asked whether approving the request now would create an undesirable pattern of future requests. Members noted that, under the existing ordinance, the board would have limited discretion because nonresidents may be assigned up to four spaces provided volunteer requirements or property-tax conditions are satisfied.
Board members agreed the Cemetery Committee should examine the ordinance as part of an upcoming rewrite and return recommendations to the Select Board. For the present request, the board approved the Cemetery Committee’s recommendation to permit the purchase.
