2022-04-21 Cemetery Board MinutesCity of Edmonds
Edmonds Memorial Cemetery Board Meeting Minutes
April 21, 2022
Via Zoom
Call to Order:
Tracy called the meeting to order at 3:58pm
Members Present:
Staff Present:
Melissa Johnson
Cara Brown
Kerry Radley
Guest Present:
Joan Longstaff
Richard Marin
Tracy Little
Honorary Board Member(s) Present:
Betty Gaeng
Members Absent: Ashley Robinson - excused absence
Approval of Minutes: February 20, 2022 and March 17, 2022 regular board meetings
minutes unanimously approved.
Chair Report:
• Tracy announced that Richard Marin will meet with the city council on April 26th for
approval to join the Edmonds Cemetery Board.
Staff Report:
• Cara reported for Rich Lindsay, who wasn't able to attend today's board meeting. The
cemetery is running very well. Cole will be helping at the cemetery on Memorial Day.
Finance Report:
No financial reports were available for this meeting. Cara will be meeting with Angie to
pull out the figures relevant to the cemetery for next month's meeting. Tracy and Cara
will get together and decide what financial information is pertinent to the cemetery and
have those items available in the monthly financial reports.
Below is the cemetery sales report for March.
Sales Report - Sales and Services report as of March 31, 2022.
March 2022 Year to Date Actual: 2021
Grave Sales 2 13 38
Niche Sales 2 4 28
Burials - Casket 2 8 58
Burials - Cremation 4 8
Inurnments 0 7 19
Old Business:
• Pamphlet Distribution: The board discussed where the pamphlets have been
distributed and Joan listed several more places that might be appropriate to distribute
the pamphlets to also. It was discussed and decided that the pamphlet is mainly for
historical purposes and information, and that the existing cemetery brochure is the
appropriate item for advertising and marketing the cemetery. Also, the presentation of
the pamphlet to the city council has been postponed until sometime in May, as the April
26th city council agenda is packed full.
• Memorial Day 2022: Melissa updated the board on who/what have been finalized for
the Memorial Day event, and who/what she is still waiting to hear from. Tracy and Jerry
will work together and decide which one of them will be the master of ceremonies for the
event. We have 150 chairs lined up to be delivered also for Memorial Day. Either Mike
Barber, or someone he is recommending, will play the bagpipe. Cara will speak to the
Youth Commission to see if some of them can help out at the event this year. Richard will
help with directing cars where to park. Kerry will speak with Pastor Barry Crane to see if
he will also do the invocation. It looks like the brass quintet will be playing for the event
this year. It was decided that everyone and everything must be finalized by the 2nd week
of May so that the event program can be printed.
• Walk Back In Time 2022: The board discussed the people Betty suggested for the Walk
Back In Time event this year. It was decided to represent these 5 and the board members
will each decide for our May meeting who will represent who. The 5 people are: Carrie
Jane Yost Astell, Ada Mae Johnson Iaeger Mothershead, Abraham Juhola, William Kingdon
II (& family), and Capt. Gustav Nielsen (& Martha Sorensen Nielsen). Also, Larry Vogel
would like to participate as an actor again this year.
New Business:
Meetings going forward: The board discussed whether to begin meeting in person
instead of on Zoom. A vote was taken, and we voted unanimously to meet in person.
Announcements:
• Melissa announced that she will be out of town this year for the Walk Back In Time event.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 5:04pm.
Next Meeting: Our next regular board meeting will be in person at 4pm, Thursday, May
19, 2022.
Minutes submitted by Kerry Radley, Secretary