Alta Vista Cemetery

Councilmembers will also vote to appoint Robert Washington to the board, taking the seat of Jeffrey Goss.The board has been tasked with finding a replacement for Melvin Cooper, the city’s parks director who will be retiring in May after 47 years with the department.Donation to Alta Vista CemeteryA woman’s will requested that $25,000 be donated for the maintenance of Alta Vista Cemetery, and the council will vote to accept the donation.Dolores Irene Dobbins, from Texas, died in 2017 and had requested that the donation be made in memory of David E. Twitty, who died in 1978 and is buried at Alta Vista.Meeting calendar for 2019The council also will vote on the meeting calendar for 2019.Work sessions, where councilmembers hear presentations on upcoming meeting items, are on Thursday mornings, with meetings following on Tuesday evenings.With some exceptions to account for holidays, meetings are held every other Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Public Safety Complex, 701 Queen City Parkway.The first two meetings of 2019, on Jan. 8 and Jan. 22, were already approved as part of the 2018 meeting calendar.