Aberdeen board directs UDAG filings, instructs attorney to probe delinquent school district contract and ends city financing of cemetery lots

After returning from executive session on March 3, Aberdeen aldermen authorized specific legal and collection actions: the board instructed City Attorney Walter H. Zinn, Jr. to file four UDAG loan cases (filing fees totaling $840) and directed him to write to the Aberdeen School District requesting information about a delinquent contract and unpaid arrears. The board also resolved that the City of Aberdeen will no longer finance cemetery lots.

The executive session topics listed in the minutes were delinquent UDAG loans, delinquent cemetery grave plots and pending litigation between the city and Imogene Dancy. After the closed discussion, motions to pursue collection and to change cemetery financing policy passed by roll call vote.

Why it matters: the motions start formal collection and legal steps to recover municipal funds and change a long‑standing local financing practice for cemetery lots. The new policy has implications for families who purchase plots by installment; the board’s action ends that city financing option going forward.

What happens next: the city attorney will file the UDAG cases and send the requested letter to the Aberdeen School District; the minutes list filing fees totaling $840. Details about how the change in cemetery financing will be implemented (timing, transition rules for existing purchasers) were not specified and require follow‑up.

Provenance: The executive session and subsequent motions are recorded in SEG 006. Excerpts: "to authorize City Attorney Walter Zinn, Jr to file on four cases of UDAG Loans totaling $840.00 for filing fees" and "to solidify that the City of Aberdeen will no longer finance cemetery lots."