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Docket #0934 - A hearing regarding an appropriation from the Cemetery Trust Fund.
A
Calling
this
meeting
this
hearing
to
order-
excuse
me
for
the
record.
My
name
is
kendra
lara
and
I'm
district
6
city
councilor,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
boston
city
council's
committee
on
environmental
justice,
resiliency
and
parks,
and
I'm
joined
this
morning
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
council,
president
ed
flynn
from
district
2
and
counselor
at
large
erin
murphy.
A
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
the
administration
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
august
10th
2022
we're
going
to
be
taking
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
today's
hearing.
If
you're
here
with
us
in
the
chamber,
please
sign
up
on
the
sheet
in
the
chamber
entrance
for
all
testimony.
Please
state
your
name
and
neighborhood
or
affiliation,
and
keep
your
comments
to
two
minutes
joining
us
today
from
the
mayor's
administration
we
have
thomas
sullivan
director
of
cemeteries
for
the
cemetery
division
and
marjorie.
Is
that
correct,
marge
margaret
margaret
dyson
trust
manager
for
the
treasury
department?
B
C
C
C
As
we
know,
the
cemetery
division
does
a
great
job
with
maintenance
and
preservation,
and
I
hope
this
funding
will
continue
the
further
work
there
that's
needed
and
also
the
historic
resource
to
preserve
the
conditions
so
for
centuries
to
come,
so
I
know
the
hard
work
you
do,
and
I
definitely
am
on
record
for
support
of
this.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you,
council.
Thank
you.
A
B
D
We
request
for
28
thousand
dollars
for
an
expansion
of
the
city,
poor
indigent
section.
We
also
request
the
258
000
for
a
rehabilitation
of
the
mount
hope.
Cemetery,
maintenance
building-
that's
fallen
into
some
disrepair
over
the
years
built
in
in
the
1990s
and
needs
some
love
so
that
it
can
accommodate
the
staff
that
work
there.
E
The
two
departments
involved
in
this
project
will
be
the
parks
and
recreation
department,
its
cemeteries
division,
the
cemeteries
division,
provides
burial
services,
care
of
burials
and
stewardship
of
the
grounds
of
the
three
active
cemeteries,
mount
hope,
evergreen
and
fairview,
as
well
as
16
historic
cemeteries.
The
city
of
boston
treasury
office
includes
the
trust
division.
The
trust
division
manages
all
the
trust
left
to
the
city
of
boston
and
those
established
by
the
city.
The
cemeteries
trust
was
established
in
1961.
E
E
E
E
E
A
E
A
Thank
you,
and
will
this
work
be
done
by
the
city
of
boston
or
are
we
going
to
be
contracting
out?
We
would
be
contracting
okay,
so
if
we're
contracting
out,
do
you
have
an
idea?
What
the
rfp
process
will
be.
I'm
sure
that
you're
aware
that
as
a
city,
we
have
you
know
procurement
goals
in
terms
of
how
many
women
or
minority
owned
businesses
we
bring
in,
and
so
I'm
curious
about
what
your
plan
is
for
the
rfps
for
this
job.
This
work.
E
Sure
so
any
publicly
advertised
work
would
be
done
primarily
by
the
parks
department,
for
any
landscape
work
and
by
the
public
facilities
department,
in
all
likelihood,
for
any
vertical
construction,
including
buildings,
so
their
design
and
construction
units
are
well
aware
of
the
requirements
and
the
aspirations
and
goals
of
the
city
and
work
diligently
on
every
project
to
ensure
those
are
met.
Thank
you.