Another cleanup of the Oakland Cemetery is coming next month.
The City of Navasota announced Tuesday that the Parks & Rec Department is holding the cleanup on Wednesday, February 24th.
During the cleanup items that will be removed will include the following: wind chimes, toys, Sheppard’s hooks, hanging baskets, balloons, ceramic figurines and trinkets, freestanding statues, benches, borders, plantings such as shrubs and trees.
Anyone wanting to keep items placed at gravesites will need to pick them up prior to the 24th, after which they will be removed.
City Staff will continue to administer the cemetery per guidelines set forth by City Council in accordance with city ordinance: “The placing of one potted plant, basket, floral piece, decoration, or other objects of a temporary nature, not exceeding 6 inches in diameter and 24 inches in height, may be placed within 6 inches in front of marker, headstone, or monument only.”
Staff removes all flowers, potted plants, wreaths, baskets, floral pieces, funeral designs, decorations and all other objects of a temporary nature when they become withered, unsightly, or an obstruction to maintenance.
For more information, please call Facilities Manager Dominque Lowery at 936-870-5378.