Cemetery Board – Special Meeting

Village of South Amherst Board of Cemetery Trustees Meeting 10/25/2022 Rosemary Leshinski called the meeting to order at 6:00pm Board Members present: Rosemary Leshinski, Marilyn Makruski, Andrew Johnson Village Council Liaison: None Visitors: None Roll Call Agenda Rosemary Leshinski asked if there were any additions to the agenda. None were made. Marylin Makruski moved to accept the agenda. Rosemary Leshinski seconded. The roll was called in favor. Meeting Minutes Evergreen Cemetery Pricing for 2023: The Board reviewed the pricing sheet in total. It was decided that the main income items should be increased by the currently accepted 8% Cost of Living amount. Ref. Exhibit A. Andrew Johnson moved to accept the new pricing. Marylin Makruski seconded the motions. The roll was called in favor. Installment Payment Plans: The Board reviewed the rules for client payment plans. The decision was made to include them in the By-Laws. Andrew Johnson moved to accept the addition as presented. Ref. Exhibit B. Rosemary Leshinski seconded the motions. The roll was called in favor. The revised By-Laws for 2023 have now been completed. The document will be sent to the Records Clerk for presentation and approval by Village Council. At 7:35 Marylin Makruski motioned for the meeting to adjourn. Rosemary Leshinski seconded. The roll was called in favor. Respectfully Submitted Paula S Knodel, Cemetery Clerk Page | 1 of 1  EVERGREEN CEMETERY Village of South Amherst Effective Date: January 1. 2023 NOTE: Checks made payable to Village of South Amherst Resident Lot Pricing: Non-Resident Lot Pricing: Standard Lot……$575.00 ($530 prior) Standard Lot…...$960.00 ($890) Cremation Lot.....$315.00 ($290 prior) Cremation Lot....$510.00 ($470) Burial Pricing: Opening & Closing for Standard Grave……….….$1,000.00 ($950 prior) Opening & Closing for Cremation Burial……….…$410.00 ($380 prior) Additional Charge for Funerals Arriving After 2:00pm……$150.00 Saturday Funeral Charge……..$250.00 ($200.00 prior) Monument Movement as needed………………….$150.00 Memorial Footer Pricing: Installation Price = $150.00 for sizes provided for in the bylaws plus Material Price = $5.00 per inch of approved footer length per bylaws. NOTE: Bylaws require footers to be constructed at the equivalent size of the base PLUS four inches on each side. All other footer costs outside the normal approved range are to be approved and priced at the discretion of the Board of Trustees. Military Footer..$50.00 Gravel Bed……$50.00 Other Pricing: Memorial Bricks – 4” by 8” with 3 line inscription…...$75.00 Memorial Bricks – 8” by 8” with 6 line inscription…...$150.00 Records Charge as designated in Bylaws………….$50.00 No Burials on: New Year’s Day, Labor Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve. (Effective 1/1/2023) Page | 2 of 1 2.0 SALE AND TRANSFER OF INTERNMENT RIGHTS 2.1 Ownership of Interment Rights: Ownership of all Cemetery lands remains vested with the Village at all times. Purchasers of Interment Rights acquire only the right and privilege to direct the Burial of human remains and the installation of Monuments, Markers, and inscriptions, subject to Cemetery By-laws. Until payment is made in full no Burial, Entombment, Monument, Marker, inscription, or memorialization is permitted. An Interment Rights Certificate is issued to the Interment Rights Holder(s) when payment in full is made. A Deed of ownership, containing the name of the person to be interned and other pertinent information, is issued to the purchaser when payment in full is received. Purchase price of the lot is based on the current residency of the intended person named in the occupation and internment section of the Deed at the time of sale. If the person named in the occupation and internment section of the Deed is a non-resident, then non-resident pricing applies. If a resident wishes to transfer their lot to a non-resident, the Board will determine if an additional amount is owed by the non-resident. Purchases can be paid for at one time or by using an installment payment plan. Total purchases of $2,000 or less can be paid for in 12 months. Purchases totaling more than $2,000 can be paid for in 24 months. The first month payment is due when the contract is signed. Subsequent payments are due at the end of each month. There is no prepayment penalty. No Deed will be issued, and no burial permitted, until payments are made in full. All Interment Rights purchased shall be presumed to be owned by the person named as the Owner in the Certificate Right of Internment on the Deed PROVIDED, however, that a spouse of the Owner shall have a vested Right of Interment of his/her body in an unused place of interment conveyed to the other, which right shall continue as long as he/she shall remain the legal spouse of the Owner or shall be his/her spouse at the time of such Owner's demise. No conveyance or other action, without joinder therein or by written consent attached thereto, shall divest such spouse of his/her vested Right of Interment. A vested Right of Interment as herein provided may be waived and shall be terminated upon disposition elsewhere of the remains of the person entitled thereto. Termination of vested right of interment is subject to the Cemetery Board of Trustees receiving sufficient evidence of such disposition. The owner of Interment Rights may dispose of same by will or, if the owner dies intestate, the Interment Right will descent to his or her heirs, according to the laws of descent, all subject to approval by the Cemetery Board of Trustees. The Interment Right holder must provide a list and order of descendants and are also responsible for updating the list and order of descendants if there are any changes. Any person who receives a Cemetery lot by gift, inheritance, or any other means other than the original conveyance shall, within one year after receiving the interest, give written notice of the person's name and address to the board having control of the Cemetery, and shall notify the board of any subsequent changes in the person's name or address. The terms of sale and any Deed for any lots executed in compliance with the notification requirements set forth above shall state that the Village of South Amherst Cemetery Board shall have the right of reentry to the Cemetery lot if the notification requirements are not met. At least ninety days before establishing reentry, the board shall send a notice by certified mail to the last known owner at the owner's last known address to inform the owner that the owner's interest in the lot will cease unless the notification requirements are met. If the owner's address is unknown and cannot reasonably be obtained, it is sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. In order to establish reentry, the board shall pass a resolution stating that the conditions of the sale or of the Deed have not been fulfilled and that the board reclaims its interest in the lot. Page | 3 of 1