City to Re-Evaluate Cemetery Rule

WAITSBURG - In May, Waitsburg's City Council updated the municipal code to allow "only licensed monument companies familiar with the City's requirements" - as opposed to family members or contractors -- to set headstones in City cemeteries. At the July 16 City Council meeting, Waitsburg resident Cindy Hofer appealed to the board to take another look at that decision.

At May's Council meeting, City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe relayed that the city had received occasional requests for family members or contractors to lay headstones and that "we're not comfortable with that." He expressed concern that...