City Hall·North Yarmouth·Agenda
Cemetery Commission
- I. Call to Order at 6:03pm. Present: Elise Kern, Laurie Gilman, Kelly Barnes, Bob Abbott, Marty Kremer. Absent: Karl Cyr (Select Board Liaison)
- II. Approval of Minutes - May minutes approved as written 5-0
- III. Public Comment - none present
- IV. Old Business:
- a. Baston Park grant status
- i. Grant deadline is this Friday, Laurie is meeting with the Town Manager this week to finalize it and submit it. The value of the grant request is around $50k, to cover trees, shrubs, planting, educational initiatives, and other environmental uses. A decision is expected in September.
- b. OTHP project report
- i. Marty reported that lumber has been acquired for several more bog bridges and much lumber cutting has been done. They expect to work on placement next week.
- c. External committee reports
- i. Open Space - report still under development
- ii. Royal River joint committee - Marty’s application has been submitted, he is awaiting word from them on next steps.
- d. Block party rescheduled due to weather - likely September 26th.
- e. Vote on Bylaws update - Bob made a motion to accept the updated bylaws sent via email, the Committee voted to approve 5- 0.
- f. Knight’s Pond report
- i. Bob reported that tomorrow there will be a meeting with Mark Sensei to look at the proposed Grover wetland trail. They expect to determine next steps of the permit application process based on their conversation with him.
- g. Forest management plan - further discussion
- i. 1st Priority: Maine Forest Service grants up to $25,000 for forest resiliency/invasive plants - Laurie to reach out to Shane to meet with her and Bob. Shane will look at sites, read forest management plans from Paul, and then he will put the grant in on our behalf
- ii. If grant is awarded, a separate contract required with Paul Laravee to complete the work
- iii. 2nd Priority: Recommendation for light harvesting of Hemlock at Elenor Hayes to open up the canopy and help prevent spread of fungus and insects
- iv. Paul to send Word version of contract to Laurie for updating, as current contract has expired.
- h. Open Forum
- V. New Business:
- a. Micro-donations idea - Towns Using QR codes or Venmo Addresses to acquire optional donations for Parks & Reserves. Jay Fulton shared this information with the Committee. Jay Fulton joined the Meeting at 6:30pm to share some more information about how other municipalities are using this system.
- i. Laurie to email Chris Franklin at RRCT with idea about QR codes and will cc Jay on email to connect the two
- ii. Someone must look at town charter to determine if town can accept donations before NY could put up QR codes for town donations
- b. Bird survey volunteers Ag Allies
- i. Ag Allies wants to monitor parks for bobolinks and 2 other birds - Laurie will be walking trails with someone from the organization next week
- VI. Next meeting: July 1, 2026
- VII. Adjournment Minutes by Elise Kern
Where this came from
North Yarmouth Agenda Center
The town's own agenda, 2 pages. The outline above is read from the first pages of that document; the packet behind it has the memos and exhibits. Links open in a new tab.
The town's own agenda, 2 pages. The outline above is read from the first pages of that document; the packet behind it has the memos and exhibits. Links open in a new tab.
The summary and transcript follow the meeting, once reviewed.