Cemetery panel approves August minutes, weighs mower sale
The Berlin Cemetery Commission weighed a $2,800 surplus mower sale and moved to protect a historic boundary stone threatened by a sidewalk project.
The Berlin Cemetery Commission weighed a $2,800 surplus mower sale and moved to protect a historic boundary stone threatened by a sidewalk project.
The Berlin Cemetery Commission approved July minutes and $607.94 in monthly bills during a brief Aug. 18 meeting. Chairman Barry Eager and member Brenna Ewing conducted business without Clerk Robert H. Guild Jr., who also serves as cemetery superintendent and was out for a medical appointment.
Berlin's Cemetery Commission approved $1,572 in year-end bills and advanced plans to remove three hazard trees before storm season.
The Berlin Cemetery Commission voted to pay April bills and advanced plans for new dog-waste signage. The three-member board voted 2-0 to cover $1,309.46 in bills and scheduled a special meeting for June 4 at 3 p.m. to review year-end spending.
Berlin Cemetery Commission voted 3-0 to buy a new mower from Harvard Outdoor Power. The special meeting compared two bids after three vendors were contacted: Harvard Outdoor Power came in at $16,463, while Ritchie and Clapper of Sudbury bid $16,536, a difference of $73.
Berlin resident pledged $5,000 toward a long-delayed cemetery water project. Cemetery lot holder Joan Walsh, 82, told the Cemetery Commission she would donate up to $5,000 to install a hand pump, with a possible future solar pump, on an artesian well drilled 15 to 18 years ago but never connected.
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