Cemetery Commission approves new gravedigger rates for FY27
Sherborn Cemetery Commission set gravedigger rates and extended contracts. The commission unanimously approved a new rate schedule setting year-round weekday and Saturday gravedigger service at $1700, with town portion at $300, Sunday and holiday service at $2000, and cremations at $500 with town
Cemetery Commisson · Meeting of June 17, 2026
Sherborn Cemetery Commission set gravedigger rates and extended contracts. The commission unanimously approved a new rate schedule setting year-round weekday and Saturday gravedigger service at $1700, with town portion at $300, Sunday and holiday service at $2000, and cremations at $500 with town portion at $100. The commission also unanimously extended the BSC Group maintenance contract for fiscal 2027 under unchanged terms and set a September 1 deadline for response on the Lybarsky family lots.
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Source: the Cemetery Commisson meeting of June 17, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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