GLENDALE OFFICIALS MAY CUT GRAND VIEW VISITING HOURS.Byline: EUGENE TONG tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer GLENDALE -- Nearly three months after the city brokered a deal to reopen the shuttered shut·ter n. 1. One that shuts, as: a. A hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers. b. Grand View Memorial Park, officials said Monday they might reduce the visiting hours visiting hours Noun, pl the times when visitors are allowed to see someone in a hospital or other institution: many prisoners' wives complain about the short visiting hours visiting hours . A status report due to be heard by the City Council on Nov. 28 includes such options as whether to maintain the current noon-4 p.m. visiting hours every Sunday; cut back to opening twice or just once per month; or end the program altogether. At issue is how far the city is willing to go to keep open a private cemetery beset by legal and financial problems that could take years to resolve, City Attorney Scott Howard Scott Howard sings baritone with the Southern Gospel Quartet Legacy Five. He has been with the group since its inception in 2000. External Links Legacy Five's Homepage said. ``The city neither has the right nor the legal obligation to open the cemetery,'' he said. ``We're going to need a resolution (from the council).'' The cost to maintain opening hours opening hours open npl → heures fpl d'ouverture opening hours open npl → Öffnungszeiten pl until June 30 for four hours every Sunday would total about $77,000. It would drop to about $48,000 to keep it open one Sunday a month through the end of June. The figures include the $31,000 spent to date since late August, when the city-operated visiting hours began, but exclude potential maintenance required for safety. Operations at the 25-acre cemetery on 1341 Glenwood Road remained suspended by the state after its late owner Marsha Lee Howard came under investigation for mishandling thousands of remains and financial mismanagement Financial mismanagement is management that, deliberately or not, is handled in a way that can be characterised as "wrong, bad, careless, inefficient or incompetent" and that will reflect negatively upon the financial standing of a business or individual. . Though she was cleared of criminal charges, Marsha Howard and operator Moshe Goldsman were named in dozens of civil lawsuits filed by those who own plots or have loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl buried at the 121-year-old cemetery. Also, Howard's sudden death earlier this month has only complicated litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , which also involves the cemetery's insurers. ``There's the issue how far the parties can move with resolution of the civil case,'' attorney Howard said. ``These cases, they can go on for years.'' Grand View closed for nearly two months over the summer after the suspended operators ran out of money, but the city brokered a deal with Goldsman to assume liability during the once-a-week visiting hours. Still, a civil-court order restricts anyone from altering the grounds except to clear hazards, while a plan by the plaintiffs' attorneys to stabilize cemetery finances and extend opening hours appeared a nonstarter. The cemetery's operating cost is more than $300,000 a year, excluding repairs, the city estimates. eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 |
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