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CEMETERY REGULATIONS (B)
Ordinance No. 100815
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Section 7-15 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances, relating to cemeteries; providing that the perpetual care certificate be signed by the city manager or designee; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
Gainesville City Code Chapter 7, Section 7-15 requires revision due to organizational changes that have occurred within the City of Gainesville's operations. Section 7-15, which currently stipulates that "Upon the payment of a perpetual care fee the director of finance is authorized to deliver to the purchaser a certificate evidencing the purchase, signed by him or her on behalf of the city."
Recently the Budget and Finance Department transferred responsibility for preparation and issuance of cemetery documents to the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department.
Section 7-5, which also addresses signature authority, stipulates that the city manager or designee is authorized to execute certificates of interment on behalf of the city. City staff proposes that the language in Section 7-15 be modified to reflect that the perpetual care certificate be signed by the city manager or designee, which conforms with the language in Section 7-5.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
At its meeting on April 7, 2011, the City Commission authorized the City Attorney to draft and the Clerk of the Commission to advertise an ordinance providing that the perpetual care certificate be signed by the city manager or designee.
This ordinance requires two readings. If approved on first reading, the second and final reading will be June 2, 2011.