Middletown Cemetery Board

At the conclusion of the last Middletown Cemetery Board Meeting, the members were going to visit the cemetery to discuss the layout and problems with the driveways at the cemetery. However after the removal vote of Mr. McNeil as chairman the visit was canceled so this topic will be discussed at the next board meeting.

Over the past 6 years I have request numerous times that the trees in the East fence line (CSX side) be removed and the fence be repaired. I was told by the City that they didn’t know where their lot line was located therefore they didn't know who owned the trees that needed to be removed. They would need to contact CSX and get them to clear the lot line. This is also the same story that I have heard about the repair of the South fence line…..However….upstairs in the Engineer’s Office is a complete survey of the cemetery.

At the next cemetery meeting the board is going to discuss a possible new layout for the driveways at the cemetery and maybe the removal of some driveways so less gravel would be needed and therefore reduce the cost of maintenance at the cemetery.

However I do have a few questions and concerns about this project.  
If you reduce the enter driveways it will cause an undue hardship on the families wanting to place flowers on the grave sites because the section will be so large.
I’m also not sure since the cemetery was declared historic that you can change the current driveways….you will need to get a ruling on this matter.
How can you layout or even repair the driveways when you DO NOT know where the corner pins are for each and every section of this cemetery so therefore you DO NOT know where the driveways SHOULD BE.
It is my humble opinion that the entire cemetery needs to be surveyed and marked before any of these projects can move foreword.
If you want to protect the two problem areas you could put a metal post in the ground and paint it bright orange to stop the cars from running over the tombstones until you can solve the survey problem.

Several years ago I got a quote on gravel for the current driveways and I believe the quote was about $18,000.  Is the City going to be footing the bill for this improvement?

So in that picture the stone that is being run over as part of the driveway is someone's headstone? Wow, that's nuts.

So where exactly would this Corner Pin or Corner Lot Marker be located, because I am surprised that after all the time you spent in the cemetery it has not been uncovered or located by you or someone else in the city. So why can't the corner be squared off and a marker or stake put there? 

    So where exactly would this Corner Pin or Corner Lot Marker be located, because

Who's the chair person ?

What a disgrace.

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Does any one have a map etc of the cemetetary or names etc ?

Thanks Ms. Moon, thought meeting was last night also, If you can keep the pictures coming. I still feel that the down line folks at the city do want to do the right thing for this Cemetery but are caught up in the never ending BullSH-T of the second floor at the city building.  Yep, markers being driven over at OUR City Cemetery. Maybe the Board can create a sub-com. to study this issue!?

Hear we are suppose to get rain and no tarps are up.We have "IDIOTS" that run this dead town.

Perhaps a petition requesting a replica antique tarp would sway the village council.  Their purse strings seem to be easily loosened by that sort of thing. 

Vivian Moon wrote: The Middletown Cemetery Committee presented  a petition of more than 220  names requesting the restoration of the cemetery and vault and the City Council did’t say a word.

My dear Ms. Moon,

Bocephus
Did you find the information that you needed on my web site for the Middletown Cemetery?

Richard Saunders wrote: Perhaps a petition requesting a replica antique tarp would sway the village council.  Their purse strings seem to be easily loosened by that sort of thing.