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[Adopted 6-29-1998 by Ord. No. 98-7503B[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. II, Board of Cemetery Commissioners, adopted as Secs. 2-28 through 2-35 of the 1965 Code (Ch. 5, Art. II, of 1986 Code), as amended.
The Board of Cemetery Commissioners is hereby abolished, and all powers and authority held by said Board are hereby transferred to the Department of Public Works.
There shall be a Cemetery Advisory Board consisting of five persons who shall advise the Commissioner of Public Works on planning and development issues related to public cemeteries and burial places.
The members shall be appointed to three-year terms by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, except that the first Cemetery Advisory Board shall consist of the former Board of Cemetery Commissioners abolished by § 19-3 of this section. The terms of office of each member of the Board shall expire on the first Monday in February, with the year of termination of each term to coincide with the year of termination of the terms of the members of the former Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
The Mayor shall, from time to time, designate one member of the Board as Chairperson.
Members may be removed pursuant to the provisions of Division I, Sec. 61 of the Charter. Vacancies shall be filled for the residue of an unexpired term.
The Board shall meet at least once annually in February and at such other times as the Board determines. One member shall be elected by the Board as Clerk, who shall keep a record of the Board's proceedings.
The Board shall draft rules and regulations for the operations of cemeteries, and the same shall be approved by the Commissioner of Public Works.
A. 
All employees of the former Cemetery Department classified under Chapter 31 of the General Laws are hereby transferred to the Department of Public Works without impairment of their civil service, retirement, personal leave, or seniority rights. Seniority of such employees shall remain unchanged pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 31, § 33.
B. 
All property, records and any other data of the former Cemetery Department shall be transferred to the Department of Public Works.
The income of any trust funds deposited with the Comptroller/Treasurer of the City shall be expended by the Commissioner of Public Works only in the cemeteries designated by the trust funds.