Chapter 2.190
CEMETERIES
Sections:
2.190.010 Establishment of Cemetery Advisory Committee.
2.190.020 Duties of Cemetery Advisory Committee and Board of Public Works.
2.190.010 Establishment of Cemetery Advisory Committee.
The Cemetery Advisory Committee is hereby established under authority of IC 36-1-3-1 et seq. The Cemetery Advisory Committee shall consist of five members appointed by the Mayor who serve at the pleasure of the Mayor, and without compensation. Members shall include a historian, a preservation technologist, or person knowledgeable of landscape design, a lot owner and a person designated by the Board of Public Works. The committee members shall serve for a term of one year, or until their successors are appointed. No more than three of such members shall be of the same political party. [1982 Code § 30.155; 1983 Code § 3.30.155.]
2.190.020 Duties of Cemetery Advisory Committee and Board of Public Works.
(A) The Cemetery Advisory Committee shall make recommendations to the Board of Public Works regarding changes to the cemeteries that are not addressed in routine care and maintenance that affect architectural and landscape features. Such recommendations are limited to historic preservation. These recommendations shall not be binding upon the Board of Public Works, and Board of Public Works’ action shall not be dependent upon a recommendation of the Cemetery Advisory Committee.
(B) The Board of Public Works has authority for the management and control of the cemeteries of the City. The Board of Public Works shall have control over the property, real and personal, which constitutes the assets of the cemeteries. The Board of Public Works has all duties and powers conferred by statute and this municipal code, including, but not limited to:
(1) Establishing rules and regulations governing the cemeteries;
(2) Making repairs and improvements;
(3) Establishing prices for the sale of lots;
(4) Managing and investing the funds of the cemeteries;
(5) Enforcing the provisions of this code concerning burial in the cemeteries;
(6) Controlling expenditures made on account of the cemeteries.
(C) The Board of Public Works shall assume all powers, duties and obligations heretofore held by the Evansville Public Cemetery Board.
(D) Revenues received by the Board of Public Works from any source shall be paid and delivered by the board to the City Controller, who shall credit them to the appropriate account. The funds of the two cemeteries shall remain separate and shall not be commingled. [Ord. G-91-6, passed 4-1-91; Ord. G-81-53, passed 12-14-81. 1982 Code § 30.156; 1983 Code § 3.30.156.]
2.190.030 Soldiers’ graves.
By an Act of Congress of July 1, 1898, $1,000 was appropriated for improving Oak Hill Cemetery and for enclosing the area of the cemetery in which Union soldiers are buried, on the condition that the City preserve and care for that area. The City agreed and accepted the trust. The City reaffirms its obligation, and agrees to continue to discharge its trust duties. The Board of Public Works shall continue to perform the City’s obligations with regard to this trust. [Ord. G-91-6, passed 4-1-91; Ord. G-81-53, passed 12-14-81. 1982 Code § 30.157; 1983 Code § 3.30.157.]
2.190.040 Budgets.
A separate budget for each cemetery operated by the City of Evansville shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with the appropriate statutes. [Ord. G-91-6, passed 4-1-91; Ord. G-81-53, passed 12-14-81. 1982 Code § 30.159; 1983 Code § 3.30.159.]
Cross-references: Cemeteries, Chapter 8.35 EMC; Locust Hill Cemetery Perpetual Care Revolving Fund, Chapter 3.45 EMC.