Fiscal Year 2019 Budget

122

Budget Impact: The cemetery operates with one full-time employee along with the assistance of one year-round part time employee and three seasonal employees that are hired for the summer mowing season. When not maintaining the city's cemeteries, the department will also assist the Parks Department with maintenance of park property. The budget maintains current staffing levels for the cemetery along with current operational support funds. Fees for service at the cemeteries were reviewed in Fiscal Year 2017 and increases were adopted by the City Council for Fiscal Year 2018. Prior to this last increase, fess at the cemeteries had not been increased for nearly a decade. The Cemetery Department relies on Local Option Sales Tax to fund capital projects and equipment purchases. This budget continues to allocate $20,000 towards the Cemetery Reserve fund for this purpose. The City has invested in new cemetery software for the issuing of deeds and maintaining burial records. The new software also allows the City to make these records public and searchable by anyone with an internet connection. The new software went "live" to the general public in February 2018.

Future Concerns:

The employee filling the year-round part-time position could retire from the City at any time. The City will have to decide if and how to replace that position once that vacancy occurs.

Employees

Percent of General Fund Expenditures (net transfers)

4

4

4

4

1

1

1

1

Actual 15/16 Actual 16/17 Budget 17/18 Budget 18/19

Cemetery 2%

Number of Employees (FTEs)

Part Time