Cemetery Board · Thursday, November 7, 2024 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

2024 Tentative Cemetery Board Schedule

packet pp.3

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Staff report:

Board Established 2024 Tentative Cemetery Board Schedule 11/9/2023

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of August 8, 2024 and August 26

packet pp.5–9

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 08-08-24 Cemetery Board Minutes Page 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Cemetery Board 5:00 PM Virtual Meeting August 8, 2024 MINUTES

4. REPORTS / REQUESTS

Cemetery Partner Report

Allen Flintoft, Flintoft Representative · packet pp.11

Consideration of Cemetery Waiver Requests, (A)

Allen Flintoft, Flintoft Representative · packet pp.13–21

Monthly Staff Inspection

Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.23–28

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Staff report:

LOWER CEMETERY INSPECTION REPORT Inspector(s): Matt Mechler Date: October 29, 2024 9:30 AM Signature(s): Time: Lower Hillside Cemetery Site:

Monthly Budget Report

Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.29

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

2024 YTD CEMETERY FINANCIAL REPORT Cemetery Board Meeting ‐ November 7, 2024 JANUARY 1, 2024 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE: $747,700 Expenditures For August, September, Ocotber Data Date 10/28/2024 Fund‐GL Code Account Description Budgeted YTD Actual Remaining % Used CURRENT 260‐11‐1160‐513‐ 511100 Salaries and Wages 20,342 30,166 ‐9,824 148.3% 7,745 521021 Benefits ‐ Employer Taxes 1,500 2,305 ‐805 153.6% 589 521022 Benefits ‐ Retirement 2000 2,820 ‐820 141.0% 699 521025 Benefits ‐ Other 600 1,026 ‐426 171.0% 256 Total Salaries & Benefits 24,442 36,316 ‐11,874 148.6% 9,290

5. AGENDA ITEMS

Open Government Training

Information · Tisha Gieser, City Clerk · packet pp.31–41

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Open Government Training T I S HA G I ESER, CI T Y CL E R K N OV. 7 , 2 0 2 4 | CE M E TERY B OA R D

Capital Improvement Plan Update

Information · Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.43–44

Topics: Budget

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5B Capital Improvement Plan Update (D) November 7, 2024 Hillside Cemetery – Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Process

Review Inventory of Cemetery Lots

Information · Allen Flintoft, Cemetery Partner Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.45–49

Review Cemetery Rules & Regulation

Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.51

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June 2017 Final Draft Rules and Regulations Cemetery Board (425) 837-3000 Issaquah Hillside Cemetery City Parks Maintenance (425) 837-3361

Establish Fees for Columbaria Benches and Monument Benches (D, A)

Allen Flintoft, Cemetery Partner Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.53

Topics: Budget

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5E Fees: - Columbaria Benches & Monument Benches November 7, 2024 The Cemetery Board desires to establish fees for selling benches. Adiscussion between the types of benches to sell and the return on investment to benches especially in the Columbaria Area.

2025 Tentative Cemetery Board Schedule (A)

Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.55

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Staff report:

2025 Tentative Cemetery Board Schedule 11/7/2024

Cemetery Board Letter to Mayor - Fund Interest Earned (I)

Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.57–58

Topics: Budget

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relating to the Cemetery Fund. The Board is seeking your assistance with getting an appropriate city staff representative to advise and inform the Board on how interest earned from the Cemetery Fund is accounted for in the Cemetery Budget and financial reports.

2025 City Observed Holidays & Religious and Cultural Holidays (I)

Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager · packet pp.59

Topics: Arts & Culture

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2025 City Observed Holidays & Religious and Cultural Holidays City Observed Holidays City Closure Days New Year’s Day New Year's Day Januag 1, 2025 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh) Januam 6, 2025 Martin Luther Kinng. Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Janua? 20, 2025 Lunar New Year (Year of Snake) Januam 29, 2025 President’s Day President’s Day Februam17, 2025 Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) February 26, 2025 First Night of Ramadan (Islamic) March 1, 2025 Holi (Hindu) March 14,2025 Naw-Ruz (Baha’i) March 21 , 2025 Last Night of Ramadan & Eid al-Fitr (Islamic) March 30 2025 Passover (Jewish) Ap_ril12 - 13, 2025 Good Friday (Christian) AQril18, 2025 Easter (Christian) Agril 20, 2025 First Day of Ridvén (Baha’i) Agril 20, 2025 Vesak (Buddhist) May 12, 2025 Memorial Day Memorial Day May 26, 2025 Shavuot (Jewish) June 1 - 3,2025 Eid-au-Adha (Islamic) June 6 - 7,2025 Juneteenth W June 19, 2025…

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