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Mayor proposes resident discounts for cemetery fees; council defers to allow absent members to review
Summary
Mayor Kilway proposed Ordinance 20-26-60 to establish reduced resident rates for burial and reduce foundation-per-square-inch charges, citing large prior increases and the need to balance maintenance funding and user fees. Council agreed to give the ordinance another reading so absent members can consider the changes.
Mayor Kilway presented Ordinance 20-26-60 to create a resident fee for in-ground interment and to lower some monument foundation charges, explaining that many cemetery fees had not been updated in decades and earlier increases produced sharp jumps in user costs. He told council he wanted to offer residents a discount (for example changing a previously nonresident full burial fee down to a resident fee of $1,200 from the higher nonresident charge).
Council members asked clarifying questions about how residency is determined (for example, whether someone moving from a home in Tallmadge into an out-of-city nursing home would retain resident fee status) and suggested the measure be read again so all council members can consider it; the mayor and finance staff agreed. The item was recorded as a first reading to be considered again when absent council members are present.
