LYNN – A long since forgotten granite marker bearing the words “City Hall Square” was installed across the street from City Hall last week after it had been misplaced nearly 15 years ago.According to Department of Public Works (DPW) commissioner Jay J. Fink, the marker was originally intended to sit on the same island as Veterans Memorial Square, but the large stone was instead set aside because of contrasting opinions as to where it would best fit.Years later, Fink said he stumbled upon the abandoned marker.”I was out behind the DPW building one day and I found it discarded on the ground with weeds growing over it,” he said. “So I found a home for it downtown. It’s a nice touch for the city.”In other DPW matters, Fink said the expansion project at Pine Grove Cemetery is about three to four weeks ahead of schedule and just about ready to market to the public. A new roadway has been constructed, along with drainage and grass seed.”The construction is essentially done and we are waiting for markers to be placed on the area to sell the plots,” he said. “A meeting is scheduled for Nov. 5 to determine the areas.”The Cemetery Commission borrowed $1 million in city funds last year to expand the number of dwindling plots available at the cemetery.A baseball field-sized plot of cemetery-owned land near Gallagher Park was the proposed site of 1,500 additional gravesites.The double depth plots, which are expected to be the grave type preference for the next 10 years and are considered to be the most economical choice, were created at the site.If the project had not been done, Fink said the cemetery would only have been able to meet the public’s demand for the next two years.The cemetery operates under the city budget administered by the DPW.Generating approximately $500,000 per year in revenue, the city utilizes the funds annually to balance its Fiscal Budget – a practice that has been in effect since the 1990s that typically leaves less than 10 percent of the cemetery’s actual revenue to be deposited into a perpetual care fund.Pine Grove Cemetery chairman David Travers said funds from the sale of new plots would be squirreled away over the next 10 years in the event future expansions are needed.Fink said the cemetery projected it would be able to pay off the loan within a seven year period.A fall cleanup is scheduled for the cemetery that will run Oct. 15 through Nov. 1.Fink said cemetery crews would begin removing all summer planters, planted beds, baskets, vases, plastic flowers and any other miscellaneous grave decorations that interfere with the annual cleanup next week.Vigil lights and mums will not be removed.Residents with questions can contact the Lynn DPW at 781-477-7099.