The City of Stow has an indigent burial program which shall be administered by the Service Department as follows:
(a) Interment of persons meeting the requirements of Ohio R.C. 5101.521 shall be done only with prior authorization of the Director of Public Service and as provided for in this section.
(b) The Mayor and Director of Finance are hereby authorized to pay the following sums for professional services rendered by funeral directors to prepare Ohio R.C. 5101.521 persons for burial in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Director of Public Service.
Each adult person | $700.00 |
Each child under 12 years of age | 550.00 |
Each still birth | 150.00 |
The Mayor and Director of Finance are also hereby authorized to pay for a stone or concrete marker on which the person’s name and age, if known, and date of death shall be inscribed.
(c) Ohio R.C. 5101.521 burials shall be scheduled to arrive at a municipal cemetery before 11:00 a.m., weekdays.
(d) Before any interments or payments are made pursuant to this section, the funeral director must submit the following to the Director of Public Service:
(1) Three copies of a statement for the amount requested to be paid by the City pursuant to subsection (b) hereof;
(2) Two copies of the death certificate and one copy of the burial permit; and
(3) An original certificate of indigency form completed by the next of kin, or if not available, the most knowledgeable individual concerning the affairs of the deceased, for the purpose of determining whether the deceased qualifies to be buried at the City’s expense pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5101.521.
This certificate shall be in a form prescribed by the Director of Public Service and shall be completed, signed and witnessed in the offices at _____________ Cemetery, or other location designated by the Director, prior to or on the day of the burial.
(e) Should it be ascertained, after any payment by the City pursuant to subsection (b) hereof, that such payment was made for a decedent whom the City did not have the responsibility to bury pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5101.521, the City shall be entitled to any benefits payable on behalf of such decedent by any person or agency who had the responsibility to pay burial benefits pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5101.521, up to an amount totaling the payment made pursuant to subsection (b) hereof plus the fees for the grave space and the opening and closing.
(Ord. 2002-122. Passed 9-26-02.)