This podcast contains comments from the July 23, 2020 Bryan city cemeteries board meeting.

An addition at the Bryan city cemetery could include an area for veterans.

But a proposal from four local veterans organization was postponed by the Bryan cemeteries board until their next quarterly meeting on October 22.

Since then, Bryan mayor Andrew Nelson notified WTAW News the proposal will be discussed during the council's next meeting on August 11.

The agenda for the July 23 cemeteries board meeting included an item titled "discussion regarding a designated veterans area".

The proposal, introduced by Benito Vallejo of the Brazos Valley Marine Corps League, was requesting one acre of land to reserve for 1,000 veterans.

Parks department employees stopped Vallejo because the agenda did not include public comments. That, combined with the parks and recreation director being absent, led the board to table the item until their October meeting.

Vallejo and representatives of Bryan American Legion post 159 and the local chapters of Vietnam War veterans and Wreaths Across America requested to be on the agenda.

Board chairwoman Pam Edgerley and member Dan Beto, who were interested in hearing Vallejo's presentation, apologized to the representatives of the veterans organizations and directed parks department employees at the meeting to ensure the future appearance.

Representatives of four local veterans organizations wanted to speak. And at least two board members wanted to hear the proposal. But parks department employees blocked public comments because that was not the agenda.

The parks department operations manager, Marcus Walker, said this was a positive project for the cemetery and it appeared to have support from city executives.