Board backs plan to transfer Pleasant Ridge Cemetery to local Baptist church pending survey
Supervisors signaled support for selling Pleasant Ridge Cemetery to the Baptist church for a nominal sum, contingent on the church providing a legal survey and executing a contract with a quick-claim deed; the board discussed public posting and closing steps similar to prior cemetery transfers.
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Representatives from the Pioneer Cemetery Commission and the Baptist church discussed a proposed transfer of Pleasant Ridge Cemetery so the church can manage additional burials. Speaker 6 described the church's interest and the commission's recommendation to sell the parcel for a nominal fee: "...the Baptist church would like to... a place to bury people," the speaker said. Board members discussed the need for a legal survey, a contract similar to past transfers, and public notice before finalizing a quick-claim deed.
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