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Anacortes staff propose raising Grandview Cemetery fees to cover rising labor and equipment costs
Summary
Parks staff told the council the city charges well below actual costs at Grandview Cemetery — for example, a full‑casket burial fee of $553 versus a marginal cost of $1,725 — and said they will bring updated fee language and unified fee schedule items to council in the coming weeks.
Parks staff presented a proposal Jan. 26 to raise fees at Grandview Cemetery to achieve closer to full cost recovery for marginal services such as burials, marker work and disinterment.
Mister Lunsford, with Parks and Recreation, and staff member Darby Jordan told council current fees have lagged inflation and wage increases and that some one‑time fees (such as full‑casket…
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