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Parks department proposes cemetery fee increase to offset rising maintenance and historic‑building costs
Summary
Parks staff presented a proposal to increase a cemetery fee and to prepare broader 2026 fee changes for the Fairview and Evergreen cemeteries to respond to rising maintenance, tree and historic‑building costs and a shift toward higher cremation rates.
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services staff presented a resolution repealing an earlier resolution and establishing fees and charges for the Parks Cemetery Enterprise for 2026, including a single new fee increase described as covering deed production/administration costs.
Kim King, assistant director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, and Cheryl Gadbo(t) (spelling per packet: Cheryl Godbout), cemetery administrator, said Fairview and Evergreen cemeteries operate as an enterprise (revenue‑supported, not…
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