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Oaklawn Cemetery offered to City of Mabank by cemetery board president
Summary
Johnny Adams, president of the Oaklawn Cemetery Board, is listed to present a proposal to gift the Oaklawn Cemetery to the City of Mabank; Mayor Randy Teague is scheduled to recognize Adams during the April 14 meeting. The agenda records the item but the provided transcript excerpt contains no staff report, terms of the gift, or vote result.
Johnny Adams, identified in the agenda as president of the Oaklawn Cemetery Board, is listed to present a proposal to gift Oaklawn Cemetery to the City of Mabank during the April 14 council meeting. The agenda also notes that Mayor Randy Teague would recognize Adams.
The agenda language indicates the cemetery board initiated the offer but does not include terms of the gift, any staff recommendation, or a recorded motion or vote in the provided transcript excerpt. The council packet text supplied here contains no information about property boundaries, assumed liabilities, maintenance responsibilities, or a proposed timeline for transfer. The agenda item is therefore recorded as "proposal to gift" with no disposition shown in the transcript.
If the council were to accept such a gift formally, typical next steps would include review of title, survey, and maintenance responsibilities and potentially a public hearing; none of those steps or a date for further action is specified in the excerpted agenda.
