[Ord. No. 27106, 3-25-1991; Ord. No. 30193, 6-27-2005]
(Reserved)
[Ord. No. 27106, 3-25-1991; Ord. No. 30193, 6-27-2005]
There is hereby established a Board of Cemetery Commissioners
(hereafter referred to as the "Board").
[Ord. No. 27106, 3-25-1991; Ord. No. 30193, 6-27-2005]
(a) The Board shall consist of three members, who shall be appointed
by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the City Council. Initial
appointments shall have one member appointed for a one-year term,
a second member appointed to a two-year term, and a third member appointed
for a three-year term. Thereafter, each successor Commissioner shall
be appointed for a full three-year term. Members may be appointed
to successive terms. Vacancies occurring in any position during a
term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the
same manner as an original appointment. Except in the case of the
filling of vacancies, the Mayor shall submit the name of each such
nominee on or before the first Monday of February of each year. The
Director of the Consolidated Public Works Department shall not serve
as a member of the Board.
(b) The Mayor shall, before the first Monday in March, designate one
of the Commissioners to serve as Chairman.
(c) The members of the Board shall meet on the first Monday in March
of each year, or as soon as thereafter is convenient, and shall organize,
and shall choose a clerk who shall keep a record of their proceedings.
[Ord. No. 27106, 3-25-1991; Ord. No. 30193, 6-27-2005]
The Board shall have charge of the care of the public cemeteries
and burial places of the City and shall make all necessary rules and
regulations not repugnant to law, relating thereto.
[Ord. No. 27106, 3-25-1991; Ord. No. 30193, 6-27-2005]
(a) The Board may lay out cemeteries and burial places into lots, and
shall set apart a suitable portion as a public burial place for the
use of residents, in accordance with written policies and guidelines
established by the Board. The Board may sell to any person, resident
or nonresident, the exclusive right of burial in any lot, of erecting
tombs, stones, monuments and cenotaphs thereon, and of ornamenting
the same upon such terms and conditions as the Board shall prescribe.
The proceeds of such sales shall be paid into the City Treasury and
credited to the Cemetery Department account. Such monies shall be
used to pay for the cost of maintaining and making improvements to
City Cemeteries and burial places.
(b) The Board may, in its discretion, accept as payment in full, or as
part payment, of the consideration for rights in any lot, a deed from
the purchaser conveying to the City similar rights owned by that purchaser
in any other lot located within a City cemetery.