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Contractor says it will end cemetery work after submitting 60-day notice; council accepts
Summary
Kayla Daily of Daily Enterprises submitted a written 60-day notice saying the company will cease cemetery work on Sept. 30, 2025, citing frustration with complaints. The Nickerson City Council voted to accept the notice; Council Member Daily abstained.
Kayla Daily of Daily Enterprises, LLC provided the Nickerson City Council with a written 60-day notice saying the company will stop performing cemetery work under its contract on September 30, 2025, and described frustration with ongoing cemetery complaints. Council accepted the notice by motion and vote.
Council Member Willhaus moved to accept the notice and Council Member Murphy seconded. The motion passed with Council Members Berridge, Murphy, Richard and Willhaus voting yes and Council Member Daily recorded as abstaining. The council did not take other action at the meeting to replace or extend cemetery services.
Separately during officers' reports, Council Member Willhaus said the cemetery had been mowed twice recently, there was one cremains burial, four loads of limbs removed after a windstorm, and one headstone had to be reset. Those operational details were provided as background to the notice but no staff presentation or contract-renewal plan was offered at the meeting. The council did not set a follow-up date; the notice’s effective end date remains September 30, 2025.
