Scottsboro City Council Work Session, June 17, 2013 - 4 Part Video Series - Cedar Hill Cemetary, Municipal Courts Issues

 

Monday evening was a work session of the Scottsboro City Council. This report will be presented in 4 different video parts due to the length of the session. Part 1 is the Cedar Hill Cemetery Issue; Part 2 will cover Recycling Report from Scottsboro's Solid Waste Department, Holidays and Uniform Bids. Part 3 & 4 will involve the Municipal Court IT Software issue. 

 

"...Cemetery needs help...looks like junk yard... it is just not a beautiful restful place...mish mesh of personal items...I would like to see some kind of regulations;" quote from Ms. Helen Vizzini on the condition of Cedar Hill Cemetery. Ms. Vizzini presented several photos expressing her concern about the cemetery's appearance. 

 

The Cedar Hill Cemetery memento and appearance issue could turn into a hot button First Amendment issue. City officials have indicated they understand the complexity of this issue and intend on using the utmost care in insuring that citizens religious values are upheld while maintaining reasonable standards of cemetery appearance.

 

 Cedar Hill Cemetery tour on this blog:  

http://arklite.blogspot.com/search/label/Cedar%20Hill%20Cemetery

 City of Scottsboro information page on Cedar Hill: http://www.cityofscottsboro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118&Itemid=255

 

AGENDA

 

VIDEOS

Part 1, Cedar Hill Cemetery Memento Issue

Part 2, Recycle Report, Holidays, Uniform Bid



Part 3, Municipal Court IT software and operations system issue.



Part 4 Municipal Court IT software and operations system issue questions and answers (edited).

Cedar Hill Cemetary, Monuments Great and Small, Photo Tour--Part 3

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Photo tour part 3, Cedar Hill Cemetary. City of Scottsboro web site entry of Cedar Hill. http://www.cityofscottsboro.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=79

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Stories about Cedar Hill. http://namesweretaken.blogspot.com/2008/05/cedar-hill-cemetery.html Cedar Hill reconstruction project. http://blog.al.com/breaking/2009/10/scottsboro_council_to_spend_40.html

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Jackson County Cemetary Records at Access Genealogy: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/alabama/jackson.htm scroll down to you arrive at Cedar Hill, the listing is in 18 parts.

Reflecting pool monument.

This great monument with statuary is constructed of metal.

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Cedar Hill Cemetary, Monuments Great and Small, Photo Tour--Part 2

A photo tour, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Scottsboro Alabama. Markers and monuments great and small, part 2.

Here lies Wisdom, "Gone but not forgotten."

A hand drawn cement marker in the old African American section. Grave sites are no longer segregated according to race.

Some grave site markers are as small as stones in the ground.

The old African American section of Cedar Hill. This grave marks the resting place of Mr. Riley Whitfield. Mr. Whitfield constructed Joyce Chapel on West Willow Street as well as the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Goosepond on Hancock Drive.

This hand drawn cement marker rests against the east wall, between the wall and the power poll.

An old bench.

Some family areas have no markers.

The monuments of Colonel & Mrs. John D. Snodgrass. John Snodgrass was the Commander of the 55th Alabama Regiment, a local Confederate Unit.

White marble row.

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Cedar Hill Cemetery, Improvements, Photo Tour--Part 1, Western Boundary.

The wooded area to the west of the cemetery has been cleared. I spoke with Mr. Benny Bell today at the cemetery, he stated the area will be landscaped with grass and trees planted to create a buffer area. Mr. Bell stated no grave sites were disturbed.

It would have been nice if the Mayors Office or the City Council would have announced what was going on within the Cedar Hill Cemetery. I was rather shocked when I went to visit loved ones grave sites in the western portion of the cemetery.

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Previous City Council meetings discussed the work which was to occur concerning removal of the Pine Trees in the old portion of the cemetery.

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I will be doing another photo tour for the old portion of the cemetery. There are some very unusual grave markers within the cemetery. It is also interesting to note grave markers reflecting Revolutionary War Soldiers and other wars since.

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