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Hooper council to consider raising cemetery fees for nonresidents as lots fill
Summary
Councilors agreed to add a fee-schedule discussion to the May agenda after staff reported Hooper has roughly 3,000 plots remaining and charges below neighboring cities; members proposed higher non-resident and perpetual-care fees to build a maintenance fund.
During the budget work meeting, councilors discussed increasing cemetery fees for nonresidents and raising perpetual-care charges to build a corpus that could fund future purchases of burial property.
Council members referenced fee comparisons: staff noted Hooper’s resident price of about $400 (nonresident $800) is lower than nearby cities (examples cited: West Haven, Syracuse, Ogden) and said the mortuaries were directing families to Hooper because its fees are the lowest. A councilor summarized the concern: “We’re way too cheap,” and proposed raising nonresident internment fees into the $2,000–$2,500 range and increasing perpetual-care fees to produce lasting interest income for maintenance.
The council placed the fee schedule on the May agenda for review and potential approval, and staff committed to circulating a comparative fee schedule and proposed changes in advance.
