AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2016-02, on the first of two readings, amending the fees to be charged for Cemetery lots, Mausoleum Crypts, and Columbarium niches at the San Marcos Cemetery; providing for the repeal of any conflicting provisions; and providing an effective date.
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Meeting date: March 15, 2016
Department: Community Services-Parks and Recreation
Funds Required: N/A
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BACKGROUND:
On January 19 City Council appointed a Cemetery Subcommittee to review and make recommendation on burial fees for the cemetery. After two meetings and much discussion the Subcommittee reached a consensuses on the following fee options.
Residents-Level 1 (Residents living inside the legal City Limits of San Marcos; persons related to a person interred in the cemetery within the first degree by blood or marriage; legal guardian of a person interred in the cemetery)
$1,400.00 lot fee
Non-Residents-Level 2 (Lot purchasers who have a San Marcos address, or live in the SMCISD, or pay City of San Marcos property taxes.
$1,750.00 lot fee
Non-Residents- Level 3 (Lot purchasers who do not meet any of the other stated criteria).
$2,500.00 lot fee
These fees would increase on October 1st of each year for ten years in the following amounts: $50 per year per lot for Level 1 and Level 2; $100 per year per lot for Level 3.
During discussions, it was also proposed that a new line item/fund be created in the budget to any funds that are over and above the current $1,000.00 lot fee. It was recommended that these funds be restricted to use for the purpose of purchasing property for expansion of the current cemetery or the purchase of property for a new cemetery.
Yearly lot fee increase table.
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Level 1
1400
1450
1500
1550
1600
1650
1700
1750
1800
1850
1900
Level 2
175...
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