[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ottawa as § 8.08 of the 1987 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Cemetery Sexton shall provide management, control, operation and care for the Ottawa Cemetery. The Cemetery Sexton shall be the person primarily in charge of the daily cemetery operation.
The Town Board shall, by separate resolution, develop, approve and enforce written regulations for the operation and use of the Ottawa Cemetery. Copies of these regulations shall be kept by the Town Clerk and shall be provided to any person purchasing a grave site in the Ottawa Cemetery.
The Town Chair and the Town Clerk shall sign all conveyances for cemetery lots. The Cemetery Sexton shall be responsible to maintain the cemetery books detailing the names of the grantee, the consideration and the residence of the grantee for any cemetery lot.
Twenty-five percent of all money received from the sale of lots in the Ottawa Cemetery shall be placed in a separate, designated endowment fund. All interest from this fund may be used by the Town for the maintenance and operation of the cemetery. The principal of the endowment fund shall not be used by the Town for the maintenance and operation expenses unless funds for this purpose are unavailable from other sources or such funds from other sources are insufficient for proper care and maintenance of the cemetery. The remaining 75% of all money received from the sale of lots in the Ottawa Cemetery shall be deposited in the Town's General Fund for unrestricted expenditures.
Any person who violates any term of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the Ottawa Cemetery shall be subject to penalties as provided in § 1-4 of the Town of Ottawa Code of Ordinances.