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Council approves appointments and multiple ordinances unanimously; cemetery fee increases to take effect May 1
Summary
The Washington City Council approved an appointment to the cemetery board and adopted several ordinances (zoning map adoption, vacating a right of way, columbarium pricing, cemetery burial fee increases) with recorded tallies of 8–0; the cemetery fee increases become effective 05/01/2025.
The council recorded multiple formal actions during the March 17 meeting.
Appointment: The council approved the appointment of Bob Lendsley to the Glendale Cemetery board of managers by unanimous voice vote (motion carried 8'0to'00).
Ordinances and votes: Staff previewed one first-reading ordinance to increase the number of video gaming terminal permit stickers to 72 and licensed establishments to 12. The council then considered four second-reading ordinances that the staff summarized and the council approved by recorded voice votes of 8'0to'00:
- Vacating right of way in the Eldridge Addition subdivision (adoption of ordinance to vacate a right of way). - Adoption of the City of Washington official zoning map for 2025, as required by state statute. - Pricing for Phase 2 East and West columbarium expansion at Glendale Cemetery. - Cemetery grave-price and burial-rate increase: this ordinance increases burial- and internment-related fees (including a $10 yearly increase in certain gravesite fees and an increase in peak-time internment fees) and becomes effective May 1, 2025; infant internments and primary columbarium pricing are not affected.
Each of the listed items was moved, seconded and approved by the council with voice tallies recorded at 8'0to'00; no dissenting votes were recorded in the meeting transcript. There was no further public action recorded before the council moved into executive session on pending or probable litigation.
