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Council reviews cemetery-perpetual-care study; staff recommends higher plot prices, transfer fees
Summary
Staff presented a perpetual-care funding study and recommended raising resident plot prices to about $1,520 (non-resident $2,130), increase transfer fees from $25 to $100, and require transfers to non-residents to pay the resident/non-resident difference going forward. Council discussed affordability and directed staff to return with ordinance language.
Highland City staff presented a study and recommended fee and policy changes intended to build a perpetual-care endowment for the municipal cemetery and reduce long-term reliance on the general fund.
Staff proposed a preferred scenario that raises the resident plot rate to $1,520 and the non-resident rate to $2,130 (about an 18.5% increase from current levels), followed by annual increases of about 3.5% to sustain an endowment that pays future maintenance. The staff package also recommended increasing the plot-transfer fee from $25 to $100 and requiring,…
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