(a) Funeral Director’s Statement. Any funeral director burying the dead body of any person required by any statute of the state to be buried at the expense of the City, shall submit to the Director of Finance a statement under oath of the amount of any contributions received from friends, relatives or others, of insurance or property, real or personal, or of any other thing of value, which may be applied to the burial expense of such person, or of the absence of any such things of value which may be so applied, and containing an itemized statement of the burial expense of such person.
(b) Payment of Expenses. Upon the submission of such statement under oath to the Director of Finance, and its approval by the Director as a satisfactory compliance with the requirement of this chapter, there shall be paid to such funeral director for the burial of such person not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). This maximum amount shall include the cemetery charges and the crematory charges, less the amount of any such things of value which may be applied to such funeral expense as shown by the required statement under oath.
(Ord. 15-10. Passed 7-6-10.)
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