There hereby is created the office of City Sexton who shall be appointed by the City Manager. The Director of Parks shall serve as sexton until this office is filled by appointment. He shall receive such compensation as may be provided by ordinance.
He shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Parks and shall perform such duties as are imposed upon him by law or ordinance, and in addition thereto such other duties as from time to time he may be directed to perform by the Department of Parks.
Before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall take the oath prescribed for all City officers and shall execute and deliver a bond payable to the City in the penal sum of $1000, with sureties to be approved by the Director of Finance, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
The City Sexton shall keep a record in which shall be recorded the number of every lot heretofore or hereafter surveyed in the cemetery, beginning with number one, with columns ruled therein for the name of the purchaser, price sold for, and date of sale.
A.
The City Sexton shall take charge of the City Cemetery and shall keep the grounds, walks, and avenues of the same in good order and condition and free from obstructions and shall be at readiness at all reasonable times to perform all the duties required of him.
B.
He shall enforce all Ordinances and regulations respecting said cemetery, report violations of the same to the proper officers for prosecution, and may arrest any person found hunting, discharging firearms, or doing any unlawful act therein.
C.
He shall prevent the burial of any body in any unsold lot or the lot of any private individual without his consent; and he shall superintend all burials in the commons and specify their manner and place and by night keep the gates of said cemetery closed and locked, and he shall see that all soldiers' graves in said cemetery are property kept and cared for. He shall, under the direction of the Department of Parks, cause all bodies buried in any lot without property authority to be removed to the "commons," and any persons making or causing such unlawful interment shall be liable to the City for all costs and expenses of such removal.
The City Sexton shall dig, or cause to be dug, all graves, attend to the interment of all dead bodies and fill up, trim, keep, and preserve the graves in good order. Each grave for a full grown body shall not be less than 5 1/2 feet in depth and for any other body not less than five feet.
It shall be the duty of the City Sexton to keep books of record to be furnished by the City, in which shall be recorded the name, age, sex, nationality, and date of death of every person interred in the cemetery or grounds for which such record is kept and also the number of the lot where the person is buried, and at the end of each fiscal year to make a report to the City Manager embracing all of the above particulars and covering the year for which such report is made.
He shall, under the direction of the Park Superintendent, keep in good repair the fences or enclosures around said cemetery and all vaults and buildings therein belonging to the City. He shall have all the powers of Police Patrolman.
On or before the first day of each month he shall make out and furnish to the City Manager A statement in writing showing the number of interments made in said cemetery the preceding month, with the name, sex, color, date of burial, and location of burial of each person so interred.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
The Sexton shall charge the fees, as set forth in the Schedule of Fees, for service, all of which fees shall be the property of the City.
The said Sexton shall report to the Director of Finance the amount of his collections and turn over to the said Director all moneys collected at least once every month.
If the City Sexton willfully neglects or refused to perform any duties required by this Code or maltreats any dead body of any person or any grave or shall be guilty of any improper conduct, he shall be subject to the penalty provided for in § 1-106 of this Code.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction be punished as provided in § 1-106 of this Code.