A. It shall be the duty of the city manager, or his representative(s) and designated cemetery official(s), to supervise, manage, operate, maintain and improve the cemetery in accordance with the provisions of the city ordinances and the rules and regulations adopted by the city council including but not limited to the following:

B. Keep a true and correct plat of the cemetery showing the location of all burial plots and such other information as the city council may prescribe and shall keep or have kept such other records regarding the cemetery as the city council shall direct.

C. Direct the layout and digging of all plots required for burial therein, to direct all removals, changes and other authorized operations.

D. Take charge of all funeral corteges while in the environs of said cemetery and regulate all traffic within the cemetery as deemed necessary.

E. Approve all claims chargeable against the cemetery and furnish such information regarding the cemetery as the city council may from time to time require.

F. Employ such help as shall be necessary to carry out the duties prescribed by the city ordinances and by the rules and regulations adopted by the city council.

G. Promulgate additional regulations concerning the care, use, maintenance and government of the cemetery not in conflict herewith, as shall, from time to time, prove necessary.

H. Any person or firm desiring to perform any work within the cemetery must first secure the approval and written permission of the city manager or representative. All settings of vases, markers and monuments, and all plantings of trees, shrubs and flowers, must be approved by the city before the work is commenced and all work shall be performed under direction of the city. [Ord. 09-21-2021A § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 02-17-2015A § 1; Ord. 08-06-2013B § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 06-19-2012A § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 05-05-2009. Code 2000 § 12-3-4. Formerly 12.15.040].