CHAPTER 9
CEMETERY BOARD
9-1-1 BOARD ESTABLISHED, MEMBERS AND TERMS. The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council shall appoint the Cemetery Board for the City of Staunton, to be known as the Staunton City Cemetery Association, composed of not less than six (6) nor more than ten (10) members, whose terms of office shall be established by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. (Ord. No. 1037; 04-25-94)
9-1-2 ORGANIZATION.
(A) Officers, Conduct of Business. The Board shall elect necessary officers and adopt such rules, bylaws and regulations as it may deem proper for the conduct of its work.
(B) Quorum. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(C) Treasurer of the Board. The Treasurer of the Staunton City Cemetery Association shall be bonded.
9-1-3 POWERS AND DUTIES.
(A) General. The Staunton City Cemetery Association shall have power to maintain the Staunton City Cemetery and, in order to carry out the purposes for which this Chapter is adopted, to employ help in maintaining the cemetery, to establish a care fund, to impose annual assessments, to establish charges for the opening of graves and to make rules and regulations in regard to flowers, shrubs, containers, monuments, markers, etc., which may prove a hinderance to the caretaker of the cemetery.
(B) Reports. Within fifteen (15) days after the expiration of the fiscal year of the City, the Association shall make a report, as of the last day of said fiscal year, to the City Council. This report shall be in writing and shall be verified under oath by the secretary or some other responsible officer of the Board. It shall contain:
(1) An itemized statement of the various sums of money received by the Staunton City Cemetery Association;
(2) An itemized statement of the objects and purposes for which such sums of money have been expended;
(3) A statement of the personal property acquired by devise, bequest, purchase or otherwise;
(4) Any other information and recommendations that may be of interest.
9-1-4 COMPENSATION. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation.
9-1-5 DEPOSITS AND EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS.
(A) Cemetery Fund. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the Board to deposit all money received in a fund to be known as the Staunton City Cemetery Association Fund. Such fund may be drawn upon by the proper officials of the Board.
(B) Gifts and Donations. The Association may accept any gift or bequest of money or other personal property or any donation, the principal or income of which is to be applied for either temporary or permanent use of the City Cemetery. The costs and expenses incurred by the Association shall be paid solely out of the moneys received or realized from gifts or donations received for this purpose, and the same shall be expended under the direction of the Board.
9-1-6 CEMETERY LOT CHARGES. There shall be charged a fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for one (1) burial grave. Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) shall be applicable to the sale of the burial grave and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) deposited in the Perpetual Care Fund. (Ord. No. 1192; 12-10-01)
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