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BEACH CEMETERY GROUP ON A PLAN FOR USE OF THE COUNTY PROPERTY ADJACENT TO <br />THE WINTER BEACH CEMETERY. HE NOTED THAT THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED <br />I <br />IN CONCEPT THE USE OF THE 20 ACRES OF COUNTY PROPERTY FOR BURIAL PURPOSES. <br />GLENN STRUNK, REPRESENTING THE WINTER BEACH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, <br />MADE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS: THAT ALL GRAVES GIVEN TO OR USED BY A <br />FAMILY SHOULD BE RECORDED; THAT AN EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO RECORD ALL <br />BURIALS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND THAT AN EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO PLAT <br />THE BURIAL LOTS; AND THAT THE NUMBER OF GRAVES GIVEN TO ANY FAMILY IN THE <br />j FUTURE SHOULD BE LIMITED, POSSIBLY TO ONE FAMILY MEMBER AND•SPOUSE, AND <br />A FEE CHARGED FOR ADDITIONAL GRAVES. { <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS NOW IS THAT <br />THERE ARE AREAS WHERE A LARGE SEGMENT OF SPACE HAS BEEN RESERVED SO WHEN <br />WE TALK IN TERMS OF THE CEMETERY BEING FULL, ACTUALLY A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION <br />IS ONLY RESERVED. THEY WOULD, THEREFORE, LIKE TO CURTAIL RESERVATIONS IN <br />THE FUTURE. HE FELT IT WOULD BE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PLAT THE <br />CEMETERY AND THAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH PLATTING PRO- <br />CEDURES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF WE DO THAT, IS IT THEN SUGGESTED <br />THAT WE ENTER INTO A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION? <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID THAT UNDER THE STATUTES, THE COUNTY MUST <br />RETAIN OWNERSHIP AND MAINTAIN CONTROL, BUT HE FELT THERE CAN BE A LOOSE <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THE ASSOCIATION WOULD TAKE STEPS <br />TO TRY TO IDENTIFY EXISTING GRAVES, AND THE ATTORNEY NOTED THAT A LOT OF <br />IT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BY WORD OF MOUTH, AND HE FELT THIS SHOULD BE FOL- <br />LOWED UP NOW WHILE WE CAN STILL OBTAIN ANY INFORMATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED MR. COX ABOUT THE STIPULATION THAT THERE <br />WOULD NOT BE GRAVES AVAILABLE FOR EVERY MEMBER OF A FAMILY. <br />MR. W..F. COX, A MEMBER OF THE WINTER BEACH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, <br />STATED THAT THEY USED TO BE VERY LAX ABOUT RESERVING GRAVES FOR FUTURE USE, <br />BUT RECENTLY THE ASSOCIATION HAS GONE ON RECORD NOT TO ALLOT MORE THAN FOUR <br />TO ANY ONE FAMILY; THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW ANYONE TO LOSE SPACES THEY HAD RE- <br />SERVED IN THE PAST, HOWEVER. <br />60 <br />