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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/01/1943 Business Meeting & 6/4/1943 Adjourned Meetingr June 1. 1943 The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Mogren and Commissioners White and Clark present on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by White that the minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, May 24th, 1943 be approved as read: carried, Mogren, Write and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by White, seconded by Mogren that the payrolls for the month of May, 1943 be allowed and the City Clerk authorized to issue warrants as follows: Various Depts. $296.25; Engineering $751.46; Fire $6Q46.21; Police $4534.27; Health $1157.50; Cemetery $265.00; City Street $537.50; Parking Meter $175.00; Library $942.40; F. R. & P. $1044. 7 ?;and P. R. & P.'$140.00: carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -597, entitled, "Ali ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. A -301, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE nertaining.to the organization and regulation of the Fire. Department of the City of Yakima; providing for the payment of the members thereof; prescribing their tenure of office; defining their duties; repealing Ordinances No. 451 and 462 and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith,." by adding arnew section thereto and declaring an emergency ", was introduced. by Mogren and read by the City Clerk Movers by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -587 be passed to its second re, ,a.ding and. read by title only: carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -587 be passed to its third reading and read in full: carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting .aye on roll call. Mover? by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -587 be' passed as finally read: carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -588, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. B -214, entitled "AN ORDINANCE-relating to the organization and personnel of the Police Department of the City of Yakima; providing for the appointment of members thereof and repealing Ordinance No. A- 20011, by adding a new section thereto and declaring an emergency ", was introduced by Mogren and read by the City Clerk. Moved by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -598, be passed to its second reading and read by title only:. carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -589 be passed to its third reading and read in full: carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -598 be passed as finally read: carried, Mogren., Write and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by White that we do now adjourn to meet Friday, June 4th, 1943 at two o'clock P. M: carried, Mogren, Wilite and Clark voting aye on roll call. ADJOURNED MEETING, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943, 2 P. M. The City Commission met pursuant to adjournment, Mayor Mogren and Commissioners White and Clark present on roll call. RESOLUTION NO. 0-571, TAHOMA CEMETERY RULES AND REGULATIONS. A RESOLUTION prescribing rules and regulation s for the operation, government and control of Tahoma Cemetery. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. FEES AND CHARGES. All fees and charges provided for herein shall be paid in advance. Section 2. SCHEDULE OF PRICES. The following prices are fixed for all unsold property in Tahoma Cemetery, which price to include Perpetual Care. No property to be sold without Perpetual Care. SECTION 11A10 All of Section A except that part lying North of Blocks 59, 59, 60, 61, shall be sold at the rate of $35.00 per lot, except that blocks 1�1, 15, 1.6, 17, 1�, 19,.20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 s52, 53, 54, 550 56, 57, a.nd 63 are hereby set aside as "The County and Old Age Pension Plot." SECTION "BR All of Section B shall be eold at the rate of $30.00 per lot. SECTION "C" All of that part of Section.0 lying East of the walk extending across said Section from the West side of Block 1 to the West side of Block 274, shall be sold at the rate of 14a.00 per lot. All of that part of Section C lying West of the above mentioned walk extending across said Section, the West side of Block 81 to the West side of Block 284 shall be gold at the rate of $45.00 per lot. All that part of Section C 1 Y In West of,the above mentioned walk to be sold at the rate of 50.00 per lot. .' 9 SECTION "D" All of Section D shall be sold at the rate of $80.00 per lot. SECTION "E" All of section E shall be sold at the rake of $65.00 per lot except that part which is hereby set aside for Service Men which is all that part South of the Mausoleum. The following prices' are f axed for the care of- all property in the Tahoma. Cemetery which has been heretofore sold: Annual Care shall hereafter be charged at the rate -of $1.00 per year for each grave. The charge for Perpetual Care shall be $1.5.00 straight for each grave placed under Perpetual Care. , Section 3. ADMISSION. Persons'with'.do�s or firearms shall not be per- mitted to enter the grounds, except that this shall not apply to the use of firearms in any military service. Rapid driving within the cemetery is prohibited. Horses must not under any circumstances, be hitched to trees. Section 4, APPLICATION FOR BURIAL. Apvlication for interment or dis- interment must be made at least twenty -four hours in advance to the Cemetery Superin- tendent. Section 5, BURIAL PERMIT. A burial permit must, in all cases be filed with the Cemetery Superintendent before interment. Section 6. SUNDAY BURIALS. Interments, disinterments or removals will not be allowed on Sunday or a Legal Holiday, or Saturday afternoon, except in case of an emergency. Section 7. GRAVES. The prices for opening and closing of. graves for adults are as follows: Regular 6.00 state � -50 Extra State 11.00 Cement Vault 1;1.00 Steel Vault 11.00 The price for the lowering device and a Cement Marker shall be $2. 00 each or $4.00. The prices for opening and closing of graves for infants are as follows: 2 -0 $ '2.50 3 0 2.50 4 -0 3.00 5 -0 6.00 The size in all cases is determined by t�e Funeral Director in charge. Only one interment will be allowed in -any grave, except in cases of mother and infant child., or twin.children, or two children buried at the game time. All graves shall be numbered with a permanent number and an accurate record kept of the name of the Decedent and the number of the grave. Section 8. EXHUMATIONS. The charge for exhuming bodies will be a mini- mum of $15,00 or such greater charge as shall be reasonable in vieirr of the service re- quired to be rendered in the particular case, to be determined by the Superintendent. Section 9. VAULTS. All interments extent County and infants must be made in Cement Liners, Cement Vaults or Steel Vaults. The Cement Liners shall be made according to specifications designated by the City Commission. Section 10. TOMBS. No tombs shall be erected on top of the ground. Section 11. FOUNDATIONS. Foundations for all monuments shall be built by the City only, at the expense of the owner, and fifteen days notice must be given in advance for such construction, and a sketch of the monument must accompany the order for the foundation. All foundations must be four inches larger all around than the base of the monument, to a. -depth of six inches, and said foundation must be flush with the ground level. Base stones will not be allowed that have an uneven bottom. Building up with spalls, etc., will not be permitted. The charge for foundations having less than 1/2 cu. yard of contents shall be seventy cents per cu. foot and sixty cents per cu, foot for foundations having more than 112 cu, yard of contents. There shall be a minimum charge of $3.50 for all small foundations. Section 12. MONUMENTS. All monuments in Section D and E to have a maximum .height of 30 inches.. Foot stones will not be allowed. in the Cemetery. All monuments must be set on line according to Cemetery Survey except on tracts of irregular shape which the Cemetery Superintendent will determine. All bases for monuments must be made of granite. No. sandstone, marble or artificial bases will be permitted. Section 13, TREES AND SHRUBS. The indiscriminate planting of trees and shrubs in the cemetery shall not be allowed and it shall be the duty of the Cemetery Superintendent to have all objectionable features in the landscape removed, and it the trees or shrubs in any lot become detrimental to adjacent lots or avenues, the Cemetery Superintendent shall remove them upon order from the Superintendent of Streets and Pub - lic�Improvements. Trees and shrubs will be sprayed, when deemed necessary, at the expense of the city and if any tree or shrub on any lot is found to be infected by any disease the�Cemetery Superintendent will immediately prune or remove same. Section 14. STRUCTURES. Coping, fences, posts and chains, and all wooden structures about lots, blocks or graves are prohibited, and if any inscription, monument, effigy or other structure, which the Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements deems offensive or improper, be placed in or upon any lot or grave, the same shall be removed upon order of the said. Superintendent. Section 15. DESIGNS. Funeral designs and floral pieces will be removed as soon as the same become unsightly, to a. place designated by the Cemetery Superinten- dent. Section 16. RECEPTACLES. Receptacles for cut flowers must be sunk level with the ground, thus insuring the safety of such articles and._ facilitating the cutting of grass from the grave. Tin cans sunk in the ground are prohibited. Recepta- cles must be approved by the Cemetery Superintendent. Section 17. MARKERS. Cement markers will be placed on each lot or block entitled to Perpetual Care, indicating that it is entitled to such Perpetual Care. Section.18. WATER.;-WATER. All lots or blocks under Perpetual Care are irrigated. once every week. The irrigator is responisble for his Section. Visitors must not-move his hose thus causing him unnecessary Tr.►ork and causing someone's plot to dry out or sinking the graves on a plot that has already been watered. When using water for cut flowers always be sure the hose is turned off. One hose left running may cause $100.00 in damage to other lots. Section 19. EMPLOYES':. All employes must start work promptly at 8:00 o'clock A. M. and remain at work until 5:00 o'clock P. M. with intermission of one hour from 12 o'clock to 1 :00 o'clock P. M. Employes are cautioned against the use of profane language or loud talki Neither will be tolerated in them, or in any workman upon the grounds. Employes are forbidden to accept any fee or gratuity or to show any partiality in the care of lots. _ Employes are forbidden to accept orders or instructions for work except as issued by the Cemetery Superintendent. Employes will nightly take their tools.and implements to and carefully store them in'the tool house. Employes will be held responsible for a.11 tools, im- plements or material under their charge. Section 20. ARTICLES LOST AND FOUND, Articles found by employes, lot owners or visitors must be delivered at once to the Cemetery Superintendent who will make every possible effort to restore such articles to the owner. Likewise, report should. be made to the Cemetery Superintendent of a.ritcles lost to facilitate their restoration. Section 21. WORKMEN. Workmen engaged. in erecting monuments or other structures are prohibited from attaching ropeeto trees, shrubs or other objects with - outlpermission from the Cemetery Superintendent. �. Th.e workment must not scatter material over adjacent lots or leave same on the ground any longer than is absolutely necessary. Obstructions incidental to improvements must be as light as possible and there must be no unnecessary delay after work has commenced. In order to protect the lawns from injury, planks must be laid when heavy material is to be moved over them. Within the confines of the cemetery all workmen and teamsters are subjectt to the direction and control of the Cemetery Superintendent. Section 22. RUBBISH.- All paper and other rubbish must be deposited, by the person responsible therefore, in a. receptacle provided for that purpose: Section 23. DEEDS.. As provided for by Ordinance No. A -252, any owner desiring to deed a part of his tract to another person must have a record of his deed noted on the cemetery records in the office of the City Clerk and also the Cemetery Superintendent, and have stamped on the deed the approval of the transfer by the Super- intendent of Streets and Public Improvements. Any transfer not -so made shall be of no force or effect and all such transfers shall be subject to the approval of the City Commission. 65:3.' '. .. F, 254 Section 24. POLICE POWER. The Cemetery Superintendent is vested with police power to arrest without warrant any offender in the cemetery. He is directed to expel from .the cemetepy any person disturbing its sanctity by boisterous or other improper conduct, or who shall violate any of the foregoing rules. Section 25. PURCHASE CONTRACTS. Perpetual Care and Lots may be pur- chased on time as per contracts set up by the City Commission. Under this plan no lot or block will receive Perpetual Care until said contract is paid in full, nor can any lot or block be used until property is paid in full. ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 4th day of June, 1943. A. W. MOGREN, Mayor. R. W. WHITE, Commissioner of Finance GEO. W. CLARK, ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN, Commissioner of Public City Clerk. (S E A L) Works. Moved by Mogren, seconded by Clark that Resooution No: C -571 be adopted as read: carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by Cl %rk that we do now adio rn: carried, Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. j ATTEST: C ty Clerk. 1 1 1 1