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(a) The Director of Safety-Service is hereby authorized to amend the rules and regulations governing City owned cemeteries to provide that no charge shall be made for the grave, burial, chapel or tent of any resident of the City who, at the time of death, was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and who was on active duty with the Armed Forces, whether male or female, if burial is made in the soldier's plot or a newly purchased family plot consisting of two or more graves. In case burial is made in a previously purchased lot, the services provided shall be confined to opening and closing of the grave and the use of the chapel or tent, at no charge.
(Ord. 1969-135. Passed 10-6-69.)
(b) Section J of the Brookdale Cemetery is hereby designated as the veteran's section, in which a veteran and his or her spouse will be allowed to be buried next to each other.
(Ord. 95-302. Passed 12-18-95.)
The City pledges its faith and credit to forever hold as a permanent fund, to be known as the Cemetery Trust Fund, a portion of moneys, as determined by the Safety-Service Director, received from the purchases of burial spaces and lots. Council shall authorize the Treasury Investment Board, as its agent, to invest and keep invested such funds in safe, interest-bearing bonds or certificates of deposit in financial institutions within the State, that are authorized by law to accept deposits and which are subject to inspection by either the United States or by the State, or to invest such moneys as may hereafter be determined by law. All interest income derived from this Fund shall be deposited to the Cemetery Maintenance/Improvement Fund.
(Ord. 82-9. Passed 1-19-82.)
The City pledges to expend a portion of the moneys received for the sale of cemetery lots, as determined by the Safety-Service Director, for the perpetual care of the lots, the improvement, embellishment or enlargement of City owned cemetery grounds, and the maintenance or replacement of equipment and vehicles of City owned cemeteries.
Any and all other moneys received and any special gifts or bequests shall also be deposited to the credit of the Cemetery Maintenance/Improvement Fund.
(Ord. 82-9. Passed 1-19-82.)
Quarterly, the Safety-Service Director shall furnish Council with a written report showing all moneys received and disbursed by him in the management and control of cemeteries. In January of each year, the Director shall furnish Council with a written statement showing the number of burial spaces and lots sold, to whom sold and the amount received therefor, during the preceding calendar year. The Director shall also furnish Council with a detailed statement of the expenditures during the calendar year, showing the time and purpose of each payment and to whom made. In connection with the annual statement, the Director shall also state, in writing, the amount of money in his possession and in the Cemetery Maintenance Improvement Fund, whether or not any of the funds have been invested and, if so, a detailed list of such investments, and evidence of funds on deposit.
(Ord. 82-9. Passed 1-19-82.)
(a) All burials that are at the expense of the City, pursuant to R. C. § 9.15, shall be by cremation.
(b) A copy of R.C. § 9.15 is made a part hereof as Appendix “A.” Said Rules And Regulations are kept on file in the Elyria Parks and Recreation Department and Elyria Cemetery Division.
(Ord. 2015-46, passed 4-20-15.)
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