The Oak Grove Cemetery, located in the heart of the University, is currently undergoing repairs from vandalism that took place Homecoming weekend.

Brian T. Craft, director of the city’s Public Works Department, said the cemetery’s big stone wall at the entrance, along with the Memory Wall, will be repaired. The Public Works Department is in charge of all cemetery care and maintenance. A monument company is in the process of fixing the heavy items that were knocked down.

The repairs will include an installation of lights and cameras.

“The cameras will be on 24/7, and the lights will be on at night in the cemetery,” Craft said at Monday night’s city council meeting.

Craft said they will continue into the future with the catching of suspects that decide to vandalize the cemetery.

“I have no idea what thrills people to ruin these cemetery stones,” he said. “There have been multiple stones that have been more heavily damaged, but many more were knocked over. We reset the items that had been knocked over with little to no damage.”

The vandalism was first spotted by the city’s Mayor, John Quinn, Sat., Oct. 2.

“I noticed damages to gravestones while walking through the cemetery,” Quinn said.

The suspects of the vandalism have reportedly been caught, but no names were given at this time.

“City employees originally found the memory wall near the Merry Street entrance to the cemetery ‘damaged beyond repair’ and replacing the stone would cost $6,000 to $8,000,” according to a report by the Toledo Blade.