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Council raises stewardship questions for cemetery fund and flags jail, rec‑center costs

Lexington City Council · January 6, 2026
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Summary

Councilors urged staff to review cemetery trust investments and trustee fees, warned of a significant jail design cost and discussed potential operational costs for a regional recreation center shared with Rockbridge County and UnoVista.

Council members used the goal‑setting meeting to flag a set of specific fiscal concerns, asking staff to verify fund stewardship and prepare for large upcoming capital costs.

Cemetery fund stewardship drew pointed attention. Speaker 2 said the cemetery corpus has not grown over many years and criticized management costs, saying the fund once paid…

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