There is hereby created and established a commission consisting
of 13 members to be known as the Cemetery Advisory Commission.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall appoint one member
of the commission. Each public cemetery district within the County
of Sacramento shall appoint one member of the commission. The Board
of Supervisors, by majority vote, shall appoint one member of the
Commission from persons nominated by the Office of Veteran Affairs
of the Department of Human Assistance who shall represent the interests
of military veterans on the Commission. The Coroner shall serve as
an ex officio member of the Commission. After their appointment, the
members of the Commission shall appoint one public member to the Commission.
Both the veterans' representative and the public representative shall
be residents of the County of Sacramento. Members of the Commission
shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority and may
be removed during the member's term at the will of the appointing
authority.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
The term of office of each member of the commission, other than
the Coroner, shall be four years, and until his or her successor is
appointed. The initial four year term, regardless of the date of appointment,
shall commence from the effective date of the ordinance codified in
this chapter.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
Within 30 days after the appointment of the commission, it shall
meet and/organize by electing a chair and vice chair. The member elected
as chair shall serve as such for not more than two consecutive years,
and thereafter shall not be eligible for election as chairperson until
one year has elapsed from their last term of office as chairperson.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
The commission shall establish a regular day, time, and place
for regular meetings which shall be open to the public.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
In addition to serving on the Commission, the Coroner or the
Coroner's designee shall be ex officio the secretary of the commission.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
The commission shall have and exercise the following powers:
1.
Advise
the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on citizen's concerns and
issues related to cemeteries;
2.
Provide
recommendations to preserve, protect, and maintain cemeteries;
3.
Make
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding mechanisms for
funding the preservation, protection and maintenance of cemeteries
and the appropriation of funds so raised; and
4.
Encourage
the preservation and designation of historical cemeteries.
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For purposes of this section, a "historical cemetery" is any
cemetery within the County of Sacramento established prior to 1931,
the records of which demonstrate that there was at least one burial
prior to 1900; provided, that such cemetery has been designated by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors as a historic cemetery.
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(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001; SCC
1257 § 1, 2003)
The commission shall have authority to appoint citizens' committees to assist in making recommendations to the commission concerning the matters set forth in Section 2.24.060.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
The Coroner, in addition to the other duties set forth in this
chapter shall attend meetings of the commission and shall make such
reports to the commission, to the County Executive or to the Board
of Supervisors, as shall be required. All recommendations of the commission
to the Board of Supervisors shall be first submitted to the Coroner
and the Coroner's approval or disapproval shall be a part of or accompany
any such recommendations.
(SCC 1193 § 1, 2001)
