The city owns and operates the city cemetery through its Cemetery Superintendent. The City Council, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the care, management, maintenance and beautification of the cemetery may each year levy a tax in accordance with the statutes of the State of Nebraska, including Neb. RS 17-926 through 17-947. The revenue from the tax shall be known as the Cemetery Fund and shall include income from all gifts, grants, deeds of conveyance, bequests, money stocks, bonds or other valuable income-producing personal property and real estate from any source for the purpose of endowing the city cemetery. The Cemetery Fund shall at all times be in the custody of the City Clerk-Treasurer. The Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, shall appoint the Cemetery Superintendent and other employees as may be deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the cemetery. Necessary rules and regulations shall be effective for the governance of the cemetery upon their approval of the City Council.
(1998 Code, § 3-701)
Cross-reference:
Cemetery Superintendent, see § 32.23