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LINKED MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
SUNSET HILLS CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD
MAY 14, 2009
1:00 PM
SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM - LIBRARY
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Russ Tuckerman, Chairperson
Katherine Ball
Gene Brooks
Carl Craft
Betsy Fordyce
Lowell Springer
David Cook, Park & Recreation Board LiCiison
Absent:
Don Derby, Veterans Represetlta
Jeff Rupp, City Commission Liai~()n
CITY STAFF PRESENT:
Thom White, Park & CemeterYSuperintenpent
Shane Surber, Cemetery Foreman
Michelle Dipzinski, Cemetery Board Secretary
GUESTS PRESENTERS:
Angie Keesee, MSU
Blake Webber, MSU
Chairperson Tuckerman called the meeting to order at 1:04.
0:01:06 - Item #1 - Approve Februarv 12. 2009 meeting minutes:
Motion: Boardmember Craft motioned to approve the February 12, 2009 minutes
as presented.
Linked minutes of the Sunset Hills Cemetery Advisory Board Meeting, May 14, 2009
Boardmember Ball seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
0:04:10 -Item #2 - Public comment period. limit 3 minutes per speaker:
0:04:20 - Tom Olsen of Bozeman Granite Works spoke about:
. clarification between monuments and memorials
. interpretation of resolution by City Staff and the BQard
. threats against him and his business
0:13:50 - Deborah Diteman spoke about:
. concerns with maintenance around monuments
. research she has done on how the Citydf Livingston maihtains their cemetery
0:23:23 - Scot Walden of Goose Ridge Monurnemts stateghe was corning to the
meetings to listen and hopes that his input in the future will be helpful.
0:26:50 - Joyce Schmitt thanked SUperinteppent White for the response letter but
doesn't feel her questions had been answered.
0:27:58 -Item #3 - Cemetery Master Plan/presentation -Blake Webber from MSU:
Mr. Webber provided prihted material regarding the research and design for the
Cemetery Master Plan that he/and two other students came up with for their senior
project.
0:55:15 - Item #4 - Fee increase FYI- City Commission to discuss May 18:
City Commission will heClr CityStaff's recommendation to increase fees by 10% per year
for the next two years whic:h is different than the Boards approved 6% increase for one
year.
1:00:25 - Item #5 - Veterans Wall Update:
Purchases have been made and a Boy Scout Troop will paint the wall as a badge project.
1:01:54 - Item #6 - Superintendents Update - Thom White:
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. budget talks are going on; cemetery budget had $40,000 cut from operating
costs not including personnel
. cross training parks and cemetery crews
. moving forward on monument damage by contracting weed eating, using
growth regulator, installing bumpers on the decks of the mowers
. mower replacement program
. new columbarium in next year's CIP program
1:32:38 - Foreman Surber provided the following information:
. Forestry crews came up and removed three trees
. a few roads have been paved
. utilized the Sheriffs Detention Center Program to rake leaves
1:36:46 - Item #7 - Discuss David Cooks Palik and Recreation Advisory Board liaison role
with the Cemetery Advisory Board - still needed?:
Motion: Boardmember Spring~rmotiQned to sei)da recommendation to the City
Commission saying the Cemetery AaVisoryBoard woul~like the City Commission to
approve a permanent no-voting liaison seatoi'lthe Cemet~rY Board be allotted for
Parks and Recreation.
Boardmember Ball seconded the motion.
The motion passed 4 to 1 with Boardl11e01ber ~.rooks in opposition.
1:53:43 -Item #8 - John Nbrdwick and the Hospitals 5 year review meeting update:
Chairperson Tuckerman met with John Nordwick to discuss if there were any issues that
needed to be addressed regarding the farmer's field, the skiers and the Cemetery as a
whole.
2:05:30 -Item #9 - Set next meeting date - should be August 13. 2009:
The next meeting date has been changed to August 20, 2009.
2:01:35 -Item #10 - Other Business:
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There is concern regarding the animosity during public comment section. It is
understood that there are concerns out there but it needs to be understood that the
Board is doing the best job they can for Bozeman.
Motion: Boardmember Springer motioned to adjourn at 2:06:27.
Boardmember Craft seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
The next meeting will be held at the Lindley Center, Curtiss on August 20, 2009
from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Michelle Dipzinski, the reC g SE:!cretary, will contact
Chairperson Tuckerman, Superintendent WhitE:!r~nd Forernal;)iSurber approximately
three weeks prior to the next meeting to sE:!tlJpthe agenda.
Tuckerman, Chairperson
ATTEST:
Michelle Dipzinski,Bbard Secretary
PREP ARED BY:
Michelle Dipzinski, BoardSecretary
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