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Committee hears proposal for cemetery 'probing' fee after more than a dozen requests
Summary
Councilor Cody told the committee more than 13 requests to probe graves for urn size have required staff time and proposed a fee to offset administrative and labor costs; the council chair said any fee would need full city-council approval and members discussed a $50–$55 range.
Council member Cody told the Lebanon City Council committees that staff have received over a dozen requests to probe graves to determine urn sizes and that the work requires significant staff time and record searches. Cody said probing can take an hour or more of two employees' time and cited roughly $55 as an example city cost for probing…
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