The New Carlisle City Council voted unanimously to fix prices and related rules for a columbarium the city has ordered for the New Carlisle Cemetery, including a limited presale and weekend surcharges, council members said during a working-session discussion. The council agreed to higher “list” prices with a discounted presale and directed staff to draft an ordinance reflecting the council’s consensus. "We do have the columbarium on order," said Mr. Kiko, the cemetery superintendent, explaining the product, cost and next steps. Nut graf: The action establishes how the city will price and manage 80 niches in the new Rock of Ages columbarium, sets a limited presale to favor residents, and adds administrative and scheduling fees intended to recover city costs while creating a perpetual-care funding stream for cemetery maintenance. The council framed the decision as a businesslike effort to cover construction advances the general fund provided and to create an ongoing revenue source for cemetery upkeep. Key facts: the council set resident and nonresident list prices for a single niche at $2,500 and $3,000 respectively, a companion/double niche at $3,700, and a presale price for the first allotment of niches at $2,000 (resident single) and $2,500 (nonresident single). The council also approved a $100 Saturday surcharge and $200 for Sunday/holidays for interment labor, a 15% administrative fee on buybacks, and an exemption from that admin fee for inter-family transfers. Discussion: Council members debated lower vs. higher prices, how many presale discounts to offer (the council settled on a capped presale for the first 20 niches rather than a time-limited 60-day sale), and whether to include the interment (opening the niche, placing ashes, closing) in the listed price. Mr. Kiko explained construction and market comparisons, saying the town paid about $60,000 for the Rock of Ages unit and that pricing must both repay that advance and generate perpetual-care money. "If we set it at 2,000, there's no discount," Kiko said while explaining the mechanics of presale discounting and payback. Council members asked how many niches would be required to repay the city advance and whether nonresidents should pay more; one council member said the general fund advanced the purchase and would be repaid from niche sales. The council discussed inscription logistics and decided to allow variable inscription pricing to follow market rates through a city-approved vendor. The council also debated disinterment fees; the transcript lists a disinterment figure recorded as "$4.50" (see clarifying details) and members noted disinterments are uncommon and may require funeral-director paperwork or court orders. Decision and direction: After debate a council member moved that the city adopt the higher listed prices and include interment in those prices; another council member seconded the motion. The motion carried 7–0. Council members directed staff to draft ordinance language matching the council’s consensus (listed prices, presale cap of 20 for discounted rate, weekend/holiday surcharges, buyback rules, inscription language that allows variable market pricing, and family-transfer exceptions) for a future formal ordinance vote. Ending: The council chair said staff will draft the ordinance and circulate it for review; the final ordinance will be considered at a later meeting for formal adoption and codification. Quotes in this story come from the official meeting transcript and are attributed to speakers who participated in the discussion. No additional facts were assumed beyond the transcript. Speakers: [{