Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-459

PAYROLL CLAIMS APPROVED SERVICE & MATERIAL WARRANTS APPROVED WOODLAWN CEMETERY— Changes in rate Clerk Helen Scott Reed. Absent: Commissioner Clark and City Manager T. E. Fennessy. Commissioner Bates moved that the minutes of May 22, June 5, and June 7 be approved by reference and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to sign same. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Clark. Commissioner Bates moved that payroll claims Nos. 802 to 809 inclusive and 814 in the net sum of $18,244.01 be approved and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to sign same. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Clark. Commissioner Bates moved that Service and Material Warrants No. 810 to 813 inclusive and 815 and 816 in the sum of $16,304.27 be approved and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to sign same. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti. and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Clark. As per recommendation of George F. Maxwell, sextant of Woodlawn Cemetery, Commissioner Bates moved that the following changes in rate and rules at Woodlawn Cemetery be approved: I. Section 0 & F, all lots priced at $50.00 II. Perpetual Care for all adult lots $20.00 a grave. III. Perpetual Care for all baby lots $10.00 a grave. IV. For the disinterment or removal of bodies: a) From one grave to another within the cemetery 1. Adults $35.00 2. Babies 20.00 b) Removal to another cemetery 1. Adults $20.00 2. Babies 12.50 V. An additional charge of $5.00 to cover the set-up of a lowering device. Opening charge for an oversize additional grave up to 7 feet by 35 inches be set at $17.50 plus the $5.00 cost for the lowering device. a) Additional grave openings for steel vault be set at $20.00 plus $5.00 for the lowering device. b) Additional grave openings for concrete vault be set at $25.00 plus $5.00 for the lowering device. c) Cementing in of an additional grave shall be $60.00 which includes the opening, plus $5.00 for the lowering device. 3) The maximum size opening for a baby grave shall be 2 feet by 3 feet 8 inches, and the charge is recommended at $7.50. No burial shall be permitted in the cemetery without an outside burial case of either wood, steel, or cement with the exception of the burial of indigents in the county section. VI. Cemetery rules: a) All arrangements for interment must be made at least 48 hours in advance of the final date, and all outside burial receptacles except the concrete vault must be at the cemetery at least 24 hours before the funeral. b) The gates at the Cemetery are to be opened at 7 a.m. and to be closed not later than sundown. This rule applies to all days, except official holidays. During the summer months when the late crew is kept on for watering purposes the gates will remain open until they have completed their work. The foot gate at the end of the cemetery is not to be closed to the public at any time. c) There are six lots remaining in the plot last purchased by the County for indigent burials. It is recommended that in use of additional lots for the County that the full purchase price provided in our schedule be paid by the County and the charge for