HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-14-2021 MinutesMOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY BOARD MINUTES
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
2:00 PM
Members Present: Robert Rakos, Judi Roland & Arnie Galli
Members Absent: Jeanne Hicks & Warren Olson
Staff Present: Craig Hudson & Immer Chevalier
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 2:02 pm by Judi Roland
Review of Tuesday, October 12, 2021: The October 12, 2021 minutes were
moved for approval.
Old Business:
• Seasonal Employees - A seasonal employee was hired after applying for
a full-time position opened last year. This full-time position was given to
Matthew Tourangeau who worked as a seasonal employee in the past,
for a couple of years. This new seasonal employee finished his temporary
job the week of Thanksgiving. The cemetery has been approved to hire a
5th Full -Time Employee next year. The announcement will go out March or
April of 2022. The cemetery is looking forward to fill out this position
because there has been an increase in services.
• Homeless Camp - Craig received a voicemail that was left over the
weekend from a woman that visited her son at the cemetery. She was
crying and very upset about being stalked by a homeless during her visit.
Craig returned her call on Monday and asked if she had talked to the
police, which she did. The following day she called again to let the office
know the homeless was at the cemetery again in the 9th addition. Craig
approached the man and talked to him about being at the cemetery
grounds and upsetting visitors. This man looked mentally ill and only gave
one word answers. Craig contacted the Community Resource person and
he was very helpful. The homeless is living across the street from the
cemetery and he was given 48 hours to leave the area. Unfortunately,
everything he had placed down the hill was left behind and there aren't
resources to clean it. Craig is thinking about going down there with the
staff to clean up the mess.
New Business:
2021 Placement Totals - The cemetery has done 340 placements so far in
2021. The total placements in 2020 was 273.
• Revenue / Budget -The cemetery will have some fee increases since
everything is going up and they were approved through council. Marker
prices with one of our wholesalers are going up about 15%. Most of the
granite comes from India and China. Shipping cost has gone up
tremendously.
• Mausoleum Plans - Craig has been working with Dan Terhaar from Wilbert
Precast for the architectural drawings but lately he hasn't heard much
from him so at this point he is looking at next year to get going with this
project.
• Pioneer Cemetery Project -The residents at the apartment complex have
been using the cemetery parking lot for an overnight parking. It is
important that families have parking when they visit the cemetery.
• Christmas Wreaths - All proceeds from the Christmas wreaths go the
charity. After Christmas the staff collects all decorations and ribbons that
aren't picked up by the families to make next year's wreaths.
Reports:
• Budget Update - A lot of people have been coming from greater
distances to have loved ones at the cemetery. The cemetery is thinking
about increasing fees for Non-residents.
REVENUES OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2021
Cemetery Sales
October
November
Month -To -Date Receipts
$ 165,559.58
$ 135,849.36
Ground Plots
15
5
Cremation Plots
2
2
Niches
2
3
Wishing Well
Extended Land Use
2
2
Markers
161
16
Graves 17 7
Markers 16 16
Niches 2 3
Total Placements 33 27
Cremation 14 15
Ground Burial 19 12
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 2:41 pm by Warren Olson.
Approved c
Craig Hudson
Cemetery Manager
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