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Cemetery and Funeral Bureau reports shrinking fund balance after $525,000 legal cost; DCA to review options
Summary
Department of Consumer Affairs budget staff told the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau advisory committee on May 28 that the bureau's fund balance is declining due to a structural imbalance and a one-time $525,000 legal cost. DCA said it is reviewing options and will report back; no immediate fee increase is being pursued.
The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau told its advisory committee on May 28 that its fund balance is declining and that department budget staff are reviewing options to address a structural imbalance between revenues and expenditures.
"We can see declining, fund balance reserve towards the bottom," said Matt Neshamini of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) budget office during the bureau's fund-condition presentation. DCA staff said revenues are now lower than outlays and that inflationary pressures plus a one-time legal cost contributed to the shortfall.
The shortfall follows a prior fee increase adopted in 2022 that DCA said…
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