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Cemetery Update & Rates 
Discussion

Presentation Overview
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• Cemetery Background
• Operational Update
• Benefits for Residents
• Historical Cost
• Rate Adjustments

Cemetery Background
• Established in 1900
• City of Glendale assumed responsibility in 
1962
• 21 acres with burial spaces & cremation 
niches
• 60% of the site is crushed granite 
• Remaining landscape is grass with mature 
trees
• Last Rate Increase 2009
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Operational Update
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Operational Update
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Cemetery Benefits for Residents
• In 2003, the internment rights policy was changed to 
Glendale residents or immediate families of interred 
(Ord. 2330)
• To provide a local, cost-effective option to the citizens 
of Glendale
• Perpetual Care Fund was created by Ordinance in 
1985 to ensure the long-term care and maintenance 
(Ord. 1384)
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Cemetery Rate Discussion
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Historical Operating Cost – General Fund
Fiscal year
Operating Actuals
Revenue
+/- Recovered
FY 2016
$223,580
$187,491
-$36,089
FY 2017
$228,357
$194,730
-$33,627
FY 2018
$281,342 
$198,069
-$83,273
FY 2019
$232,601
$199,228
-$33,373
FY 2020
$245,915
$185,401
-$60,514
FY 2021*
$272,840
$384,785
$111,945
FY 2022*
$278,306
$373,105
$94,799
FY 2023
$267,399
$205,298
-$62,101
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Cemetery Rate Adjustments
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
Plot cost increase
45%
+2%
+2%
+2%
*Admin Fee
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Marker 
(Headstone)
Market Rate + 
55% 
Market Rate + 
55%
Market Rate + 
55%
Market Rate + 
55%
* Each preneed or at need service will be charged an administrative fee of $200.00

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