WILTON – Selectmen will hold a public hearing to discuss the rules for placement and removal of flowers and decorations at Lakeview Cemetery Tuesday, Aug. 5. The hearing begins at 6:30 p.m., prior to the regular selectmen’s meeting.

At their last meeting, selectmen listened to citizen complaints about the way that Guy Libby, who holds a contract for maintenance of the cemetery, mows there. They charge that he is not considerate of grave plots, has run over and broken flags and mowed over and thrown away flowers at the sites. Libby will be asked to attend the meeting.

Town Manager Peter Nielsen said the flowers do have to be removed in order to mow. He said if the items are not removed, citizens need to understand that the grass would get very tall by the stones. Nielsen said Libby is trying to follow regulations set by the town and get his job done in a timely manner.

Current town regulations for the cemetery and any changes that may be made will be discussed.

The regular meeting will begin at 7 p.m. with a “business night.” Business owners, Code Enforcement Officer Brenda Medcoff and Planning Board Chairman Russell Black will meet with officials in an attempt to assure the public that Wilton is not “anti-business” as recently stated in a letter to town officials from Dennis Taylor of Taylor Made Homes.

Taylor made the charge after controversy with the town’s Planning Board over the construction of a garage to be built about 50 feet from an intermittent stream. Planners did approve the building permit, under question about whether the matter should have been handled by the town’s appeals board to obtain a variance.

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