(A) The County Cemetery Commission is hereby established, consisting of five residents of the county.
(B) The members of the Cemetery Commission shall each be appointed for a term of five years and may serve any number of consecutive terms. The initial members shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, so that one member may be reappointed each year.
(C) The purpose of the County Cemetery Commission is to provide for cemeteries in the county which are without funds or sources of funds for reasonable maintenance, have suffered neglect and deterioration, may be the burial grounds for state pioneer leaders or veterans of an American war, including the Revolutionary War, and were established before 1850.
(D) Before March 1 of each year, the County Cemetery Commission shall file an annual report with the state agency designated by I.C. 23-14-67-3.5. That report must include information on the following, and shall include any other information required by state law:
(1) The budget of the County Cemetery Commission for the preceding calendar year;
(2) Expenditures made by the County Cemetery Commission during the preceding calendar year;
(3) Activities of the County Cemetery Commission during the preceding calendar year; and
(4) Plans of the County Cemetery Commission for the calendar year during which the report is filed.
(E) The Cemetery Commission shall present an annual plan and budget and shall make an annual report, as required by I.C. 23-14-67-4, to the Board of County Commissioners and to the County Council.
(Ord. 2007-14, passed 9-4-2007)