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Board approves municipal cemetery fee increases previously adopted by council
Summary
Following City Council action to update the municipal code, the Board of Works approved corresponding increases to cemetery internment fees and burial plot costs as presented by staff.
The Board of Works approved the administrative action to match cemetery fees with an ordinance the City Council had already approved updating the municipal code.
City staff member Holly said the council approved an ordinance to update the municipal code on city cemeteries; she said the code had last been updated in 2006 and that the council increased the grave costs and cremation plot fees. Holly explained she and staff had compared local cemetery costs and concluded the new rates remain competitive with nearby cemeteries. Holly presented a memo recommending the Board of Works approve the internment costs as adopted by the council.
A board member moved, a second was offered, and the Board of Works approved the recommendation. The meeting record includes a string of numbers when Holly described the new figures that was not clear in the transcript; because the exact dollar amounts were not unambiguously reported in the recorded remarks, this article does not restate those figures. The staff memo presented to the board and the City Council ordinance are the authoritative sources for the exact rates.
Why it matters: changes update long‑standing cemetery fees and affect residents planning burials or cremation internments; staff said the fees remain competitive with nearby cemeteries.
The board approved the fee update on a voice vote.
