Policies/Actions Adopted by the Board of Trustees
June 18, 1977. Approved motion that Article XI stipulating that no principal may be withdrawn from the Perpetual Care Association be added to the Articles of Association.
May 21, 1978. Approved motion to change Part 10, line 14, to read Gober Cemetery Perpetual Care Association, instead of Gober Cemetery Association. Part X now reads that all monies received by the association be deposited to the general fund of the Perpetual Care Association."
May 18, 1980. Approved motion to mail receipts only to those contributors who request a receipt for their contributions.
May 17, 1987. Approved motion stating that if land-purchase opportunities became available the board members living locally had the authority to close such a deal, without consent of all the Board.
May 16, 1993. The board agreed that the family members must sell the lots, not the cemetery association.
Oct. 7, 1999. Approved motion for use of a cash account instead of a savings account so money can be placed in a money market fund.
May 20, 2001. Approved motion that a maximum of $400 be allotted yearly to Beautification Committee for plants for existing flower beds.
May 20, 2001. Approved motion that all individual or committee plans for cemetery projects are to be presented to the Board for approval prior to beginning the project in order for Board to review the impact of the project on labor and other costs for maintenance and also to provide consistency of the overall appearance of the cemetery.
Oct. 7, 2001. Approved motion that the Memorial Day program be changed from a morning/afternoon format to primarily a morning format.
May 20, 2001. Approved motion that upkeep costs of tombstones, vases, and other family personal property at the cemetery are the responsibility of individual families.
May 19, 2002. Began endorsement of participation in Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program.
Oct. 13, 2002. Approved motion to accept the Cemetery rules/regulations as presented. These are included in the Cemetery brochure that has been distributed to association membership and local funeral homes.
Oct. 12, 2004. Approved motion that sealed bids are required for cemetery projects totaling $1500 or more and advertised in at least l local newspaper.
October 9, 2005. Approved motion that the cost of a cemetery lot purchased after October 9, 2005 to be $300 with $100 of this amount designated for the cemetery to pour a pad for a monument.
May 20, 2007. Approved motion to discontinue the use of curbing in the cemetery.
May 18, 2008. Approved motion for use of herbicides in areas that are almost impossible to mow.
Sept. 24, 2008. Special meeting. Approved motion that Caretaker will no longer be a member of the Board,
Sept. 24, 2008. Special meeting. Started use of special advertisement of Memorial Day Service and other cemetery points of interest in local media.
Oct. 12, 2008. Approved motion for use of square or round stepping stones as markers for grave sites with no head stones.
Jan 25, 2009. Special meeting. Approved motion for requirement of only flat headstones in new area south of cemetery road.
Jan. 25, 2009. Approved motion to keep new cemetery area south of cemetery road plowed and ready for seeding and sodding,
July 10, 2010. Special meeting. Approved motion for addition of 4 Associate members on Board of Directors,
May 15, 2011. Cemetery specifications of interment, Distributed to area funeral Homes.
May 20, 2015. Section X paragraph three of the Articles of Association shall be amended to read: The trustees shall from time to time decide the amount of funds to be left in the general account for the payment of expenses for the operation of the association. ALL other funds that are not needed to operate the association shall be transferred to the perpetual care fund, to be known as the GOBER PERPETUAL CARE FUND.
The GOBER PERPETUAL CARE FUND shall be invested only in the following conservative instruments:
- Securities issued by the United States of America;
- Deposits with banks and other financial institutions that are insured by an agency of the United States Government;
- Debt instruments issued by federal and state government agencies, school districts and municipalities;
- Investment grade corporate bonds, Unit Trusts which are made up of investment grade instruments and Bond Mutual Funds that invest in investment grade bonds;
- Conservative Mutual Funds that are designated as Balance Funds or Equity Income Funds. These funds must show a long term track record of positive returns, diversity of investment and low risk. These funds must invest in high quality corporate bonds and blue chip stocks.