Included is a link to the announcement and to the Township Cemetery Survey.:
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"Township Cemetery Survey"
****Please respond to the survey by
January 14, 2022****
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Optional:
Please forward copies of your rules/regulations/policies and fee schedule to: tespringattorney@gmail.com"
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As we know township trustees can struggle trying to properly (the key word is properly!) take care of township cemeteries; particularly the larger ones they "inherit" if a previous owner ends up in jail or has fled the state - two types of real examples of what has happened to Active cemeteries in Ohio.
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Floral Hills Memory Gardens, an Active cemetery in Pickaway County, has been put up for auction multiple times for over a year and there have been no takers for it. The cemetery does not have what would be considered a viable owner because the two men who owned it left Ohio almost a decade ago and owe back taxes on it to the State of Ohio. This was a for-profit cemetery. Thus far, the township trustees have refused to assume responsibility for it.
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Receiving as much feedback as possible regarding cemeteries from Ohio township trustees will help the cause of resolving some long standing issues that township trustees face with maintaining their cemeteries.
When pondering placing a cemetery levy before the voters, citing this example, there is often serious hesitancy in doing so because township trustees know there is a strong possibility it will not pass. It is felt that many voters feel the dead don't vote - that it is an either/or situation between taking care of the needs of the living vs. the needs of a cemetery.
It shouldn't have to be that way.
However, local descendants of the dead resting in peace in their township cemeteries do care, and they do vote.
Hopefully they will care enough to vote for a levy that benefits cemeteries when it is needed.
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