May2007
Trustees of Trust Funds & Cemetery Trustees

May 2007

"Trustees of the Trust Funds"  "Cemetery Trustees"


Cemetery Trustees / Trustees of the Trust Fund Minutes / May 14, 2007

Cemetery Present: Gerry Plotts, Roxanne MacConnell,   Mary Blank, Lucille Gorges

TTF Present:  Mary Blank, Lucille Gorges, Patty Little

Also present: Tony Davis

Cemetery Trustees

We have one candidate for Sexton: Tony Davis. Tony has agreed to be our Sexton and was appointed by the Cemetery Trustees tonight and sworn in by the Selectmen

The Duties of the Sexton were discussed and accepted. Copies were given to all present. Tony feels comfortable with the duties as he is now being called by the funeral homes and the families of the deceased.

Several Cemetery Trustees met with Paul Lawrence and Travis Lawrence of Hillside Lawn Services at the Village Cemetery. Hillside will be our contract mower for the 2007 mowing season.  Their first mowing of all three cemeteries will be the week of May 21st, just before the Memorial Services on the 27th.

Patty Little made a matrix for the estimates of the surveyors for the cemetery trustees to study. We have four estimates from Edward Goodrich, Vorce, Soney & Associates, SVE Associates, and Lawrence Associates. From this information we voted to accept the estimate from Ed Goodrich for $5470 plus labor. Mary will notify Ed and set up a meeting time with him at the Village Cemetery.  Patty will send refusal letters to the others.

Linda Trudelle notified Mary of her need to purchase a cremation plot in the P/C section. Her father, Francis Venne passed away in the fall and the family wishes that he be buried near his brother, Rene Venne who is buried in 305.  Mary has given her a choice of 305A or 305 B, which are, located long the chain link fence on the west side.

Work to be accomplished before Memorial Day includes painting the bench, raking under the large tree and picking up branches which Mary will do.

Mary will create an invoice to bill the Highway Dept for the weedwhacker that the Trustees must sell. Tony Davis of the Highway department has said his budget can sustain the purchase of the ww at the price of $242.00.  The funds would be deposited in the Common Trust #1 Account plus the interest that would have been earned by such funds.  The trustees each gave a donation to pay for the interest.

A short discussion was held in regards to the notification of the Cts upon the death of a resident that is buried elsewhere. This would include those whose families made a decision for burial out side Marlow and those indigents buried out of town for which the town must pay a fee. Further discussion tabled for another meeting.

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Trustees of Trust Funds

We have one application from Hillary Piispanen.  Because she will be attending UNH in Durham, which is outside the 60-mile radius, she does not meet the purpose of the Francis Strickland Scholarship.

Mary has a call into Jack Strickland to get some further details on the 60-mile radius restriction. 

The TTFs normally wait for the first installment of the year’s property tax to create or add funds to CRF or Trust Funds and will request funds from the town at the end of the month.

We have rec’d a bill form Deluzio Ambulance Service for Paul Dudak for 175.00.  Service provided December 7, 2006. A copy of this bill was mailed to Loretta on April 23rd, 2007.  After discussion it was decided that this invoice did not qualify for payment, as it was 4 months before the Town created the Ambulance and Paramedic expendable trust. Mary will explain to the Selectmen our refusal.

Minutes written by 
Mary Blank, Chairman of TTFs & CTs

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