SUMMERDALE, Ala. — After decades of existence, the Summerdale Town Cemetery now has an operating policy in place.

During Monday’s regular meeting, the Town Council unanimously established the policy.

“We didn’t actually have a written policy before,” Mayor David Wilson said at the meeting.

As previously reported, one issue of concern to town officials was the lack of regulation of how many people could be buried in one plot.

During last week’s Council Workshop, Wilson pointed out that in the past, several graves have more than one person buried in them.

“So, my daddy’s buried out there,” said Councilwoman Norman Wilson Giles at the workshop. “If I died, they could dig a hole and put my casket on top of that?”

“That’s what’s been happening over there,” Wilson replied.

While reviewing the policy at the workshop, the Council discussed the portion of it that allowed for multiple burials if one person had been cremated. However, Wilson reiterated his opinion that only one person should be buried in one grave.

“Not two in one,” Mayor he said at the workshop.

“That’s the way I feel about it,” Giles agreed.

With Monday’s vote, that stipulation is part of the town’s first policy regulating the cemetery that has been part of Summerdale since at least the early 20th century.