North
Logan's cemetery committee can keep plotting and planning,
council says
By Bethany
Crane
March 20, 2008 | NORTH LOGAN -- A larger than normal
crowd appeared at the City Council meeting, fighting
to keep the cemetery committee intact as it nears the
end of the 10 year-long task of creating a cemetery
for North Logan. Convinced their use is not over, council
members passed a motion to leave the committee in charge
of what is left to be done.
After a long discussion about the city's growing costs
to maintain its park and recreation areas the issues
that have recently come to light regarding the cemetery
were addressed. Issues brought before the council such
as permanent employment for the cemetery staff. It is
in desperate need of a sexton and the committee has
been concerned.
"We need a person dedicated to this, somebody's going
to have to be available to go and schedule and show
people plots, mark the plots, mark places for the headstones,
making sure we get it right the first time." said Terrel
Huppi of the cemetery committee.
North Logan has long awaited this cemetery and are
concerned about purchasing plots. "People have been
waiting ten years for this," said Nancy Potter, another
member of the cemetery committee.
The committee will deliberate further how to make
this possible, and plans to have plots available soon
after the dedication, which is tentatively set for July
24. Future plans include a memorial rock and a sign
for the entrance.
"Every year we've had to fight for everything we've
gotten," said Potter when speaking to the council about
the ten years this committee has existed and pressed
forward with plans.
However in this particular meeting they were met with
little if no resistance and the council members were
happy to give the future duties and remainder of planning
to the committee and approved the motion to keep the
committee intact. The council thanked the committee
for all they had done and simply requested to be kept
in the loop.
The next city council meeting will be April 2 in the
North Logan City Library.
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