The Salem City Council Tuesday night will be asked to approve fee increases and limit grave decorations in the East Lawn Cemetery. The basic grave opening fee will increase to $550 on weekdays and $650 on weekends and holidays. Restrictions are being made on flowers and containers to help with the mowing of the plots and trimming around the headstones and markers of the cemetery. Temporary flowers and embellishments at the grave site would be allowed for the week prior to and after a specified holidays and following the actual funeral and burial rites.
The council will consider a request to annex a property into the city limits owned by Christina Merrell at 454 Edgewood Road. The property is opposite
of Lakeview Drive.
The council will be asked to consider a budget amendment for the auditors to show which of the line item accounts have exceeded their original budgeted expenditures for the fiscal year that ended April 30th. City Manager Rex Barbee says the amendment does not reflect the fact that most accounts had additional revenue over projected amounts in the budget.
The meeting begins at six Tuesday night at Salem City Hall. It is being held one day late due to the 4th of July holiday.
