City approves Hagan Funeral Home after long haul

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The longtime effort by businesswoman Evelyn Hagan to get city approval for construction of a funeral home on a property that she purchased on South Jefferson Street was finally rewarded last week. In a 3-1 decision on Tuesday evening, May 5, the Monticello City Council granted the business a hardship variance, allowing for the creation of three parking spaces, as opposed to the 25 that the city code requires. Councilman George Evans, who works for Hagan Fune