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Cemetery board accepts March–May financials contingent on audit; managers outline staffing, grave supply and equipment concerns
Summary
The Tulare Public Cemetery District board approved accepting March–May financial reports contingent on an upcoming audit, and district staff reported staffing shortages, equipment maintenance needs, a $200,000 unresolved transfer and concerns about grave inventory and rising insurance costs.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Tulare Public Cemetery District board, voted to accept the cemetery district’s financial statements for March, April and May on the condition that the figures be confirmed by an audit.
Supervisor McCarrie moved to approve the financials “contingent upon the audit,” and Supervisor Townsend seconded the motion. The board recorded the motion as passing 4–0, with Supervisor Shuckling not voting because she was not in attendance.
District Manager Clara Bernardo told the board the packet included March–May financial statements but not June because county reports were still outstanding. Bernardo said county transfers caused a temporary posting error that moved funds into an “endowment unreserved” category; county staff later corrected the posting. She identified a $200,000 transfer tied to a prior board resolution (referenced in public comments as Resolution 23 24-7) that moved funds…
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