TO: Board of Trustees
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Kat Chambers, Staff Services Analyst II
SUBJECT: Public Hearing for the recommended budgets for Monticello Public Cemetery District and Endowment Fund for Fiscal Year 2025-26
RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct a Public Hearing for the Monticello Public Cemetery District Budget to consider testimony on the Fiscal Year 2025-26 recommended budget for total appropriations of $133,484 for cemetery operations, and $58,000 for the endowment fund. (Fiscal Impact: $32,407 Net Use of Fund Balance and $55,400 Net Use of Endowment; Monticello Public Cemetery District; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
Napa County Public Works administers MPCD operations, including sales of burial rights, burials, landscaping, general maintenance, and administrative services. The proposed budget includes appropriations necessary to continue operation and maintenance of the cemetery in compliance with a combination of state laws, regulations, and Board of Trustees ordinances; including the California Health and Safety Code, California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, and the California Code of Regulations.
The fiscal year 2025-26 recommended budget for MPCD cemetery operations (Subdivision 2860000) includes estimated revenue of $101,077 collected from property taxes, interest earnings, sales of burial rights, and intrafund transfers-in from the endowment fund. The estimated appropriations of $133,484 include costs for County Counsel legal services, native plant restoration, completion of tree planting, landscape maintenance, rental of portable restroom, utility water expense, general operations, and administrative services.
The fiscal year 2025-26 recommended budget for the endowment fund (Subdivision 2861000) includes estimated revenue of $2,600 collected from interest earnings and burial plot sales. The estimated appropriations of $58,000 is derived from a single intrafund transfer-out to help fund cemetery operations....
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