City of Glens Falls, NY
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2023-12-13
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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ARTICLE VIII Other Boards and Commissions
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Part 1 Cemetery Commission
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art VIII Pt 1 Cemetery Commission
- § C-8.2 Organization.
- § C-8.4 Powers and duties.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 17 Human Resources Department
- Ch 18 Indemnification of Employees
- Ch 23 Local Laws, Adoption of
- Ch 38 Real Property and Franchises, City-Owned
- Ch 41 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 44 Tax Arrears, Board of
- Ch 45 Noise Control
- Ch 46 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 52 Advertisements
- Ch 55 Alarm Systems
- Ch 56 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 59 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 65 Bingo
- Ch 67 Blasting
- Ch 70 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 72 Building Numbering and Street Naming
- Ch 74 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 77 Cemeteries
- Ch 83 Coin Drops
- Ch 91 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 96 Electrical Standards
- Ch 97 Energy Systems, Renewable
- Ch 98 Entertainment
- Ch 101 Exhibitions
- Ch 104 Fences
- Ch 107 Fire Department Regulations
- Ch 109 Building Code Administration
- Ch 110 Fireworks
- Ch 113 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 118 Games of Chance
- Ch 121 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 123 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 128 Housing Standards
- Ch 129 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 143 Newsracks
- Ch 146 Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 150 Open Burning
- Ch 153 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 156 Peddling, Soliciting and Transient Merchants
- Ch 158 Plumbing
- Ch 160 Police Radios in Vehicles
- Ch 162 Property Maintenance, Nonresidential
- Ch 166 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 168 Recycling
- Ch 170 Sales, Special
- Ch 171 Sanitary Code
- Ch 173 Satellite Antennas
- Ch 177 Sewers and Water
- Ch 180 Signs
- Ch 181 Site Alteration
- Ch 182 Skates and Play Vehicles
- Ch 183 Smoking
- Ch 189 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 192 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 194 Swimming Pools
- Ch 196 Taxation
- Ch 198 Taxicabs
- Ch 204 Trees
- Ch 206 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 208 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 214 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 220 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Public Safety Legislation
- Ch 227 General Provisions, Board of Public Safety
- Ch 233 Fire Limits
- Part IV: Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners Legislation
- Ch 240 Water Users Fees, Nonmetered
- Appendix
- Ch A241 Road Name Changes and Street Acceptances
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a Board of Cemetery Commissioners, to consist
of three members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor. The
term of office of the members shall be for three years each, except
that the members of the commission first appointed shall be for such
terms that the term of one Commissioner shall expire annually thereafter.
The appointment shall be made no later than April 1. Not more than
two members of the Board shall belong to any one political party.
The Board shall meet at the City Hall, at least one day in each month.
A majority of such appointed Commissioners shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
[Amended 6-2-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
8.4.1 The Board of Cemetery Commissioners shall have the entire
management and control of the cemeteries and places provided for the
burial of the dead, belonging to or under the control of the city,
and shall have and possess all of the powers and authority conferred
upon such commissions under the general law of the state, and be subject
to the same duties imposed upon them thereby. Said Board shall have
power to sell, grant and convey in the name of the Cemetery Commissioners
of the City of Glens Falls, any piece, parcel or plot of land within
the boundaries of any cemetery owned by the city, to be used for burial
purposes only. It shall have power to make rules and regulations concerning:
First. The duties and qualifications of the Superintendent.
Second. The burial of the dead.
Third. The fee to be paid for graves.
Fourth. All other matters connected with cemeteries, when it
may deem proper.
Fifth. The Commissioners shall report to the Common Council
in June of each year, the state of the cemetery.
8.4.2 The City Clerk shall record and index in a book to be
furnished, by the Common Council for that purpose, all deeds given
by the Board.
