A Cemetery Board is hereby established.
(A)
The Board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council.
(B) The members shall serve concurrent two-year terms or until their successors are approved. The appointments shall be made on May 1 of every second year after the initial appointment.
(C) The Cemetery Board shall establish and maintain all policies and practices for the operation of the city cemetery.
(D) The Cemetery Board shall receive all moneys from sales of cemetery lots and all gifts and legacies to said cemetery. Any gift or legacy of real or personal property may be converted to cash. All cemetery property and funds, whether received by sale of lots or by gift or legacy, shall be prudently invested and shall be handled as follows:
(1) Cemetery property which is received by gift or legacy shall be prudently invested and the income therefrom applied by the Board to the care and maintenance of the cemetery.
(2) All the proceeds from the sale of cemetery lots and the moneys received for grave openings, grave preparation, internment, entombment, cremation, and internment shall be applied by the Board for the current and ongoing care and maintenance of the cemetery.
(E) The Cemetery Board shall meet and organize in accordance with the state statutes and shall operate in accordance with the statute and any revisions thereof and all applicable ordinances of the city.
(F) The Cemetery Board shall keep a correct plat of the cemetery together with a full and complete record of all persons who have purchased and own lots in the cemetery. Upon the sale of any lot, the Superintendent shall cause to be prepared a deed for such a lot to be executed by the County Clerk.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-1) (Ord. 21-651, passed 9-9-2021; Ord. 24-668, passed 5-9-2024)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-2