§ 10-27. Cemetery system board of trustees created; duties generally; penalty for violation of board's rules and regulations.

(a)

There is hereby created a cemetery system board of trustees, consisting of ten (10) members, which shall administer the operation of the cemetery system. The present members of the board of trustees of Lauderdale Memorial Park shall constitute the initial cemetery system board of trustees until new appointments are made by the city commission as provided in this section. Each city commissioner shall nominate two (2) persons to the board, which nomination shall be approved by resolution of the city commission. Each member shall serve for a term of one (1) year and without compensation. In the event of the resignation or death of a member, the nominating city commissioner shall nominate a substitute member for the remainder of the term, which nomination shall be approved by resolution of the city commission.

(b)

The cemetery system board of trustees shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of the municipal cemetery system, subject to the approval of the city commission. Such rules and regulations shall be plainly printed or typewritten and maintained in the offices of the municipal cemetery system or in such places within the cemetery system as the board may prescribe. Any person violating such rules and regulations shall be punished as provided in section 1-6 of the Code.

(Ord. No. C-90-102, § 1, 12-18-90; Ord. No. C-92-13, § 1, 2-4-92)