Apr 30, 2021
During the 2021, budget process, I requested for a second time to place monies in the budget for cemetery restoration. Approximately 2.5-years, I raised this discussion to the board and it has been ignored until now. Uniquely, the board jumped on the action of restoration but what was to be restored? 13-14 cemeteries are under town control and maintenance, but nothing is identify for our public to acknowledge on our web pages, monuments, or litterateur that may interest individuals and families.
In August (2020), a controversial discussion took place between the supervisor and myself in reference to an engineering firm that has direct experience in such restoration which most likely involves the State Historic Preservation Office and the New York State Division of Cemeteries, while making claims that it would cost $100,000 when no such information supports such a claim.