FY2022

CEMETERY OPERATIONS The Cemetery Division’s budget is organized into Cemetery Operations and Cemetery Perpetual Care. Cemetery Operations manages Oakland Cemetery and Perpetual Care manages maintenance items within the cemetery. Oakland Cemetery occupies 40+ acres adjacent to the western edge of Hickory Hill Park. There have been an estimated 15,872 interments in the cemetery based on the complete burial report contained in the Cemetery Information Management System (CIMS) program. Staff maintains all cemetery grounds, buildings, equipment, and snow route. • Assistance with family members/funeral homes regarding funeral arrangements; determine right of interment, interment placement, lot sales/repurchases; complete billing and maintain records. • Assist the general public/funeral homes/monument dealers with genealogy requests, lot locations and explanation, enforcement of cemetery rules and regulations. • Future expansion: mausoleum, columbarium addition, purchase surrounding property and/or expand to the east. The Cemetery Perpetual Care activity accounts for donations that are dedicated for the long-term maintenance of the Oakland Cemetery. This activity was moved from a permanent fund into the General Fund in fiscal year 2017. HIGHLIGHTS Recent Accomplishments: • Replaced all the Lot/Block signage in the cemetery. • Repaired 20 monument foundations. Upcoming Challenges: • Removal of declining ash trees and expiring oaks throughout the cemetery.

Staffing:

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

Total FTE’s

3.00

3.00

3.00

Staffing Level Change Summary: There are no staffing level changes in the fiscal year 2022 budget.

Service Level Change Summary: There are no staffing level changes in the fiscal year 2022 budget.

Financial Highlights: The fiscal year 2022 Supplies expenditures increased by 17.8% due to an elevated level of the number of sold cemetery plots that were purchased back in fiscal year 2020, which is used to project the fiscal year 2022 expenditures. 238